RE: [PHP] Re: ODBC

Hi Scott, I'm sorry to hear you experienced problems with this architecture. Free support is always available for OpenLink products at http://www.openlinksw.com/support/suppindx.htm. I am also extremely surprised that you worked on this for a year and a half without success. Our ODBC agent in our Multi-Tier driver works exceptionally well for this situation, and any OpenLink support person as well as many people on this list could have provide quick assistance. If you do require any help in configuring drivers with PHP, please don't hesitate to ask. Best regards, Andrew Hill Director of Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com Universal Data Access & Virtuoso Universal Server -----Original Message----- From: Scott Fletcher [mailto:scott@abcoa.com] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:25 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Re: ODBC Yes! Unfortunately, you'll have to install the special driver on the Linux/Unix becuase of the communication difference between UNIX & Windows as well as the language difference between these two. I tried using iODBC and openLINK. After 1 1/2 years, I decided that open source code for this is no good because they are not compactable and it is such a big, big pain in the butt!!! So, I ended up moving the website on UNIX to windows. Why, because of the way the data type is being coverted between 2 platform and character length or type is strictly limited. I have not tried to buy such a $600 or $800 driver software to see how well it does because it is a waste of money and MS kept changing the programming in the MS Access and MS SQL making the drivers useless. "Ashley M. Kirchner" <ashley@pcraft.com> wrote in message news:3D4AD0B1.ABEE0A22@pcraft.com... > > Can PHP be used on an Apache server (linux) to connect to a (remote) MS > Access server (NT) through ODBC? If so, does anyone have examples of how this > is done? And if not, what other choices do I have? > > -- > W | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@pcraft.com> . > 303.442.6410 x130 > IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 > Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 > http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO > 80303, U.S.A. > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php