RE: [PHP] PHP and M$ Access

it's really easy, just setup a n ODBC connection to the database and then use PHP's odbc database connect functions. HOWEVER It's really slow, not very flexible, and a bit of a pain...but it does work. Switche to mySQL. There are libraries to open up MySQL database direct from access if you have to use access for some reason and MySQL will give much better, more reliable, and faster performance. -----Original Message----- From: John Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:17 PM To: 'Reuben D. Budiardja'; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP and M$ Access > Sorry if this seems like a dumb question. But can PHP work with MS Access, > for > example if I want to develop a web database application? Does the API > exist > for that? > The system is going to be like Linux/Apache/PHP as the web server, and > Win2k/NT with M$ Access as the database. I am wondering if php can access > the > database, just like the way it does with MySQL, for example. You should be able to content to it with ODBC. Check the manual. > I am not really familiar with M$ stuff, since I usually use MySQL or > Oracle. > But I have a client who insist to use M$ Access. Do the world a favor and change his mind. ;) ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php