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

If you prefer to use PEAR DB, it should be trivial to create a SOAP/XML-RPC bridge between the two machines also. Regards, John "John Lim" <heyjohnlim@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20020907135503.14022.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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 > > > >