Re: Oracle connection

can odbc be used from php on linux, or is it just a windows thing? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hill" <ahill@openlinksw.com> To: "Joe Brown" <joebrown@somewhere.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle connection > Or, you can use ODBC :) > > A PHP/ODBC HOWTO is available at http://www.iodbc.org > and driver are available at www.openlinksw.com > > Please let me know if you require assistance. > > Best regards, > Andrew > --------------------------------------- > Andrew Hill - OpenLink Software > Director Technology Evangelism > eBusiness Infrastructure Technology > http://www.openlinksw.com > > > On 3/12/01 6:22 PM, "Joe Brown" <joebrown@somewhere.com> wrote: > > > You need to acquire the oracle network drivers for linux, from Oracle. I'm > > only aware of the ones that come with Oracle for linux, though they may have > > them bundled seperately. > > > > Fight your way through the inconcievably difficult installation process. > > > > After defining some environment variables (they can be set after the fact > > too) which point the the oracle/home;net drivers, compile php --with-oci8 or > > similar argument. > > > > Start apache server the proper set of environment variables, be sure to set > > your nls_lang, etc... > > > > Now you should be able to access 'em. > > > > There is a fair amount of work involved, but it seems to be working nicely > > for me. A little tenacity will prevail. :-) > > > > Oh, you can put_env(SID=ORCL) etc... in your php code, instead of setting > > up environment variables, prior to compile/apache start. If you have > > mutiple instances, this may be the preferred method. With a single > > instance, I find it simpler to start apache w/a script that sets the > > variables prior to startup. > > > > Oh yeah, lots of reading is involved too.... ;-) > > > > ""Marco Eyzaguirre"" <meyzagui@ilender.com.pe> wrote in message > > news:002601c0ab42$fac54f40$ce0410ac@ilender.com.pe... > >> > >>> I got a question: > >>> > >>> How can I access an Oracle database located on an Oracle 8i installed in > >>> Windows NT from PHP installed on a Linux box? > >>> > >>> thanx in advance for you answers > >>> > >>> Greetings > >>> > >>> Marco Eyzaguirre > >>> DB Administrator > >>> Ilender Peru S.A. > >>> www.ilender.com.pe > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > -- > 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 > > > >