Re: MS SQL databse connecting

We knew what you mean. ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hill" <ahill@openlinksw.com> To: "Yoshi Melrose" <webmaster@validus.com>; "Work" <michael@tapinternet.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] MS SQL databse connecting > Whups, sorry - looks like that should have been addressed to Michael. > > Best regards, > Andrew > > On 3/19/01 12:13 PM, "Andrew Hill" <ahill@openlinksw.com> wrote: > > > 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. > >>>> > >> > >