Re: MS SQL databse connecting

That's it, Thank you Andrew, I knew I had it somewhere. Michael, this is where you want to go, Andrew hit the nail right on the head! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hill" <ahill@openlinksw.com> To: "Yoshi Melrose" <webmaster@validus.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] MS SQL databse connecting > Yoshi, > > Regardless if you use a commercial or free driver, the only thing you need > to compile with is iODBC, as a Driver Manager. You can then drop in any > ODBC-compliant driver fairly seamlessly. A Howto is available at > www.iodbc.org, but it's mostly a matter of getting the iODBC SDK and > compiling --with-iodbc. > > Also, while our drivers are not Open Source, they are free for low-use > environments (2 concurrent database connections). > > Please let me know if I may assist in any way. > > Best regards, > Andrew > --------------------------------------- > Andrew Hill - OpenLink Software > Director Technology Evangelism > eBusiness Infrastructure Technology > http://www.openlinksw.com > > > On 3/19/01 11:54 AM, "Michael Kimsal" <michael@tapinternet.com> wrote: > > > 55 projects found for query 'odbc' > > > > Most of these are simply projects that have the word ODBC > > in their description someplace. There seem to be only a handful > > of libraries, and some (openlink/easysoft) are commercial > > offerings. > > > > I still have not come across any ODBC driver that I can get > > a binary or source for, which is free, that I can compile under > > Linux to talk ODBC to databases. > > > > What am I missing? I don't think I'm missing anything. I don't think > > any are out there - freetds was going to be working on something, > > I thought, but apparently that got delayed/shelved. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yoshi Melrose wrote: > > > >> have you tried out http://freshmeat.net ? do a search > >> for odbc, you'll find > >> a few. :) > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Michael Kimsal" <michael@tapinternet.com> > >> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > >> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:01 AM > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] MS SQL databse connecting > >> > >>> Am I the only one who can not find any free ODBC drivers for Linux? > >>> I see countless references to ODBC driver managers, but no ODBC drivers > >>> themselves - not free ones anyway. > >>> > > > >