Re: remote database exchange

Great, thanks for a complete answer I love it.. I ran mysql> show variables; to see if my host server has Oracle support,, I don't see anything about Oracle or any other DBMS,, any way to tell without asking them? ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "CC Zona" <cczona@nospam.invalid> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] remote database exchange > In article <012601c10e4a$6c7a2ec0$b943500c@zeospantera>, > mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net (Ken Sommers) wrote: > > > Suppose I Need to get Vendor prices from a very large remote (Oracle) price > > list . > > They probably don't have PHP installed. > > If... > > -you have PHP installed, > -AND you have Oracle support compiled in to that install, > -AND you have connection info (username/password/hostname) for an account > on that Oracle system that has been granted access to vendor prices, > -AND you know how to use PHP's Oracle functions, > -AND you know how to query an Oracle database > > ...then you're set. Whether they have PHP installed or not is irrelevant. > > -- > CC > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >