Re: Does PHP5 support querying an MS Access MDE file?

2009/11/3 Timothy Legg <php_list@timothylegg.com>: >> 2009/11/2 Timothy Legg <php_list@timothylegg.com>: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3 >>> >>> I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE >>> database. Â I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server. >>> >>> Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying >>> MDE >>> files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type >>> is not supported. >>> >>> Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different >>> approach to querying the database from our linux server? Â I am >>> interested >>> in your thoughts. >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> Tim Legg >>> >> >> If you have the MS Access ODBC driver installed, then have you tried >> accessing the MDE as an MDB? >> > > Yes, I have.  The username and password are arbitrarily set since the > management hasn't provided that data for me yet.  But I am not far enough > along to have run into a user rights issue.  I get a warning and also an > error upon interpreting the page.  I have checked the path to the database > file, and it is correct.  I also checked file ownership and readability > permissions, too.  So maybe the name of the driver is wrong; it does look > a little verbose to me, but it did come straight from the php.net online > documentation. > > Error messages and source is below.  Sorry, I modified the domain name in > the path for privacy. > > Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error: > [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default > driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in > /var/www/www.example.com/ht-secure/database_entry/test.php on line 9 > > > <?php > $mdbFilename = "/root/tims_db.mde"; > $user = "root"; > $password = "1248163264"; > > $connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver > (*.mdb)};Dbq=$mdbFilename", $user, $password); > > ?> > > Thanks for looking this over, > > Tim Legg > >> >> >> -- >> ----- >> Richard Quadling >> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html >> Zend Certified Engineer : >> http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling >> > > > You've got odbc, but probably not a driver for MS Access. You need both. I can't seem to find a unix driver for MSAccess. Converting to a different DB would help (mysql, sqlite). -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling