Re: Anyone using PHP with MS Access successfully?

Andreas Lange wrote: > Hi, > > if yout even start learning, how to do database access, start up with the > following: > > install MySQL from www.mysql.com, there are actual win32-binarys availible > download the phpmyadmin from http://phpwizard.net/phpMyAdmin/, > this is a > frontend to > manage your MySQL-Databases! MySQL is the fastest and best implementation of > a > Database-System inside PHP. However, if you'd just like to use MS Access (while not fast, and not the most reliable as far as database engines go), look into the ODBC php functions, and take it from there. Set up a ODBC System DSN with Access drivers to your Access mdb file, and then use the odbc functions to access your Access :) MySQL does rock, but has more of a learning curve than John may be up for at this point. Step by step, and then work your way up to something like MySQL or Oracle, which give you all the database power you could ever want. -- Andy Hoffman Web Developer Bristol-Myers Squibb email: andy.hoffman@bms.com