Re: IBM DB2

Thanks a lot! It works but only for a local database. To connect to a database on another machine: Do you specify somehow the machine name (or IP) in the $DB_Database variable? Thanks again. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Warrington <jaydub@bossanova.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] IBM DB2 > In article <003f01c0098f$bfcc8980$e340fea9@bellatlantic.net>, > carlosi@bellatlantic.net ("Carlos Irigaray") wrote: > > Yes you need to use the odbc_* functions > > connect to database via odbc_pconnect or odbc_connect > exec queries with odbc_exec() > parse queries with odbc_num_rows > results with odbc_result > > $DB_Database = "TEST"; > $DB_User = "db2user"; > $DB_Passwd = "db2pass"; > > $pConnID = @odbc_pconnect($DB_Database, $DB_User, $DB_Passwd) > > etc.... > > Jeff Warrington > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C0096E.387024E0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > Hi. I built PHP on a Linux server running Apache with the = > > --with-ibm-db2 option. I am a little confused as how I will use the API > > = > > to connect to a DB2 server running on another machine. BTW the DB2 = > > server is running on an NT server. > > > > From what I could understand I need to use the odbc function set and use > > = them as if they were db2 functions. > > > > > > Has anybody done this and understand my confusion? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C0096E.387024E0-- > > > > -- > 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 >