RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: ODBC or MS SQL DLL? WAS: Using PHP on Server 2 003...
| From: | Robert Twitty | Date: | Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:14:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: ODBC or MS SQL DLL? WAS: Using PHP on Server 2 003... | ||
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On 6 Apr 2004, Svensson, B.A.T. (HKG) wrote:
> Maybe, but I still need to add code, and that means more code to
> maintain, more code to execute, more loopholes for bug, etc.
>
That's precisely why odbtp is better. You don't have to perform loopholes
like those suggested by David to accomodate for bugs that will never be
fixed. The bugs in the php_mssql.dll are not the fault of it's creator,
but rather DB-Library. Microsoft stop supporting it after SQL Server 6.5,
and will never fix its bugs. The problem I had was that there were
no loopholes for the bugs I encountered. For example, there is no
loophole for not being able to execute
SELECT * FROM SomeTable FOR XML AUTO
Personally, I don't like the idea of having to change perfectly good SQL
in order to work around driver imperfections. Anyway, good luck, and stay
away from real, nvarchar and ntext fields, I wasn't as lucky. :-)
-- bob
> In any case, the problem was easy solved by the suggestion David gave.
>