Re: MSSQL 7 and PHP

Alex Verstraeten wrote: > > I need to connect to some MSSQL 7 server from php, so far I've found nothing > but bugs and unstability. > I've tried sybase-ct and sybase libs at linux and also some php_mssql70.dll > at win32 > > Now I'm gonna try the beta FreeTDS libs but I don't get a good feeling about > it (by reading users experience on it). > > So my golden question: > what's a rock-solid way to connect to a MSSQL 7 server from PHP? > > I'm so frustrated right now that I don't really care if i have to use php3 > or php4, linux or win32, sybase, odbc or whatever as long as it works fine > and doesnt requires extra software at the NT SQL server (ie: odbc bridges, > openlink software, etc) > > if this means using php3.0.6 with odbc I'd go for it. I just dont want to > keep on trying more and more ways to get this working. > > Well, thanks a lot for your help > > Alex In my experience, PHP 3.0.16 in Windows works very well. It lets me connect to both SQL 7.0 and 6.5 servers using the mssql70.dll. Before that I tried the mssql extension in PHP 4.0 but there were problems. I have never tried ODBC. Andrian