Re: Re: adodb or DB_ado for vfp (i.e. foxpro) access linux->windows

John here :-) See http://php.weblogs.com/adodb_csv Requires a web server installed on windows, and we communicate using http between the linux and windows machines using serialize( ). Primitive but efficient. Use it every week. "Uwe E. Bilger" <uwelists@online.de> wrote in message news:EAEJJNOGOBFKMFJLNAOAGECICOAA.uwelists@online.de... > Hi Alex, > > thanks for the info, and for your class. After all, I could install everything > on a win2k machine and convert it, then export it, etc. > > A guy named John, however, claimed on this list that he did successfully access > such a db remotely from a linux machine. Let's hope he responds... > > > John? JOHN? ;-) > > > Uwe > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alexios Fakos [mailto:alexios@php.net] > > > > 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 >