Re: A newbie on Board!

Actually, one should try always go for OCI8 functions even with lowere versions. Sometiumes, though, these might not work well for < v7. -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net www.PHPBeginner.com // PHP for Beginners www.maxim.cx // my Home // my Wish List: ( Get me something! ) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/registry/2IXE7SMI5EDI3 "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> wrote... : > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au] > > Sent: 28 October 2002 07:27 > > > > Please start by looking in the manual... I simply typed > > http://php.net/oracle into my browser, which resulted in > > this page: > > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.oracle.php > > > > Seems to document all the functions, and there are > > user-contributed notes > > down the bottom which seem to provide even more help, and > > sample scripts. > > Unfortunately, that's a bit of a newbie trap in itself. If you're using > Oracle 7 or higher, you should probably be going for the Oracle8 Call > Interface provided by the OCI8 library -- see > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.oci8.php. > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >