On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:18 AM, David Metzler<[email protected]> wrote: > When pulling data from external sources, I simply don't use the drupal > database abstraction layer at all. It doesn't have an ick factor for me at > all. I use the approach your talking about with great success at my > university. We connect to Oracle and MSSql to get external data, and as a > result have built quite a nice portal using drupal as the application > development framework. > > Good luck. > > Dave
Agreed - if it's not the primary database, and you're careful about intentional or unintentional sql injection, there's no problem with using other methods to connect to the MS SQL db. Have fun! -- John Fiala
