connecting to progress db

Hi, I am not sure how to go about this. =( I think my problems are twofold. problem 1. I have to connect to a progress database, for which there is no built-in php support. I have been looking at the unified ODBC functions, but progress isn't one of the supported dbs there either. problem 2. the db is not specifically a web db. It is the clients' production db that is located on their facility and it is behind a firewall. I know I will get a performance hit with this setup, but I can live with this. question 1: do I need a progress driver, or do the ODBC functions take care of that? question 2: is it possible for the db connection to get thru a firewall, and then connect to a db? TIA, Craig