* Joaquin Herrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070320 14:33]: > Hi, > > Has anyone succeded in using iodbc or unixodbc to access a remote database > ODBC-compliant? > I need to use some data from a SQL Server for the application I'm > developping (PHP+MySQL on OpenBSD) but I don't find any information about > how to proceed. > > I can install the iodbc package on a OpenBSD 4.0 machine, but then, what > should I do to access a remote SQLServer database? > Do I need some extra driver? > > If someone has experience on this, please tell me, cause I'm stuck with this > problem. > > -- > Joaquin Herrero >
Skip ODBC and speak natively to the rdbms. Take a look in ports at database/freetds. Perl modules are in the ports tree that make it easy to use too. Jim
