Re: adodb or DB_ado for vfp (i.e. foxpro) access linux->windows
| From: | Alexios Fakos | Date: | Thu, 05 Sep 2002 19:59:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: adodb or DB_ado for vfp (i.e. foxpro) access linux->windows | ||
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Hi Uwe,
> I'd like to connect to a vfp database lying on a win2k machine via php
running
> on a linux machine (Apache 1.3.23, php 4.2.2). I'm wondering whether that
is
> possible at all.
Nice <g>
>
> Following thoughts I had so far on how to go about it:
>
> Accessing the windows machine via the vfp driver or openlinks odbc.
> Are there other possibilities?
IMHO you can access to your DB only via ODBC.
> Can I access the windows machine with the adodb or the new DB_ado?
No you can't, because MS ADODB works only on a COM compatible machine, ergo
only on a Windows OS you can use adodb or DB_ado.
Regards
-Alex