RE: [PHP] Connecting to MS SQL from Unix/PHP4

Hi Pascal, You can certianly use ODBC. There is a HOWTO at http://www.iodbc.org If you require assistance with iODBC or with Openlink's ODBC drivers, free support is available at http://www.openlinksw.com/support/suppindx.htm Many people are have sucessfully used ODBC to do what you describe. Best regards, Andrew ---------------------------------------------------- Andrew Hill Director Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com XML & E-Business Infrastructure Technology Provider > -----Original Message----- > From: Pascal Jolin [mailto:pjolin@e-c.qc.ca] > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 4:02 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Connecting to MS SQL from Unix/PHP4 > > > Ok, this is mostly a newbie question, but the PHP documentation > lists a bunch of MS SQL functions, then I notice that phplib also > has a ms sql version of the db classes, and the windows version > of PHP has a mssql65.dll and a mssql70.dll library to connect to mssql. > > Under unix, how does one "turns on" mssql support? > > About all other databases have their --with options to compile > PHP, except MS SQL. > > What do I do to use a ms sql DB from Unix? Or is that function > set only available inder Windows? Or do I have to compile with > the --with-iodbc and use ODBC instead? > > Pascal Jolin >