RE: [PHP] DBASE and PHP

Hi Oliver. Whatever interface You shoose to access the DBase Server with, You will still need some code to do the serious queries and processing of the data returned. PHP is fully functional in using ODBC-calls as well, which makes it a good thing to stick with as You then have a concurrent syntax and development-platform to work with. :-) An alternative is to use PERL::DBI which also has a ODBC-module. Just keep in mind that if You plan to use the ODBC-connectivity for DBase as a permanent solution, performance and features will decrease due to the generic nature of ODBC. You will also need an apropriate driver for the ODBC<->DBase- translation. This would probably be supplied by the manufacturer of the database-engine if You choose to implement the server on a Win32-machine. It can be a bit trickier to find a driver for UNIX. !Utilizing the native lagnuage of the database is always the quickest and most potent way to perfom transactions within the database! ;-) Happy hacking, Henrik J. P.S. All information You´ll need to get started is in the excellent php-manual online: http://www.php.net/manual/ref.odbc.php D.S. > ---------- > From: Olivier ROBLE[SMTP:olivier@siriade.fr] > Sent: den 28 juni 2000 10:28 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] DBASE and PHP > > i would like to access to dbase data ... but i don't want to use php > functions .... i would like to use an obdc .. like microsoft's .. but i'm > on linux ... > so someone know a good odbc (an free ??) > > thx > > Olivier > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >