Re: PHP connection to remote Access database on NT

Yes , and I done myself to mssql on windows from linux/apache you have to use odbc .. use FreeTDS , it is free and open soured... and work like a charm Nabil "John Almberg" <jalmberg@identry.com> wrote in message news:20030911015554.79280.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Here's a question I hoped I'd never have to ask... > > Is it possible for PHP, running on a Linux/Apache webserver, to connect > to an Access database running on a remote NT box? The NT box is a back > office server behind a firewall. > > In a nutshell, the customer wants his website to be able to record > on-line sales in his Access-based Point of Sale system. The POS system > will be running simultaneously. > > I haven't done much work with Access, but my impression is that it locks > tables and there might be some difficulties sharing write access to the > data, but I could be wrong about this. > > Is there any way Access can be stretched to do this kind of thing? > > Thanks. > > -- John