Hello I found DBI-Proxy very useful for this. On the windows machine, you run the DBI-Proxy server which connects to the windows DB( My case it was an ODBC connection ). The Unix box can then run using DBI.
Peter > Dear Lee - > >>>>>> "Lee" == Lee Swale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Lee> I am trying to connect to a windows DB [...] from UNIX [...] > Lee> Do you know if this is possible? > > It's certainly possible, but the last time I used it it was awkward > at best. The solution I know is to install ODBC on your UNIX box. > Visit: www.unixodbc.org. > > Best of luck. > > Yours - Billy > > ============================================================ > William Goedicke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.goedsole.com:8080 > ============================================================ > > Lest we forget: > > Politically I sit in that middle ground between Fidel Castro > and the hardcore anarchists. > > - William Goedicke >
