mweb wrote: > Thanks for the shameless plug, I'll look into your code. However, > shouldn't something like what I want be possible in PHP with ODBC?
Yes, you can install UnixODBC or similar and use the odbc_* calls in PHP on both os's. I just do not know how reliable ODBC is on the *nix. b. mysql > > > mweb > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 15:22:11 at 03:22:11PM -0800, Bill Adams wrote: > > mweb wrote: > > > > > >mweb, > > > > To make sure I understand you correctly, you want to create > > > >and > > > >test your PHP/MySQL database on your Linux/Apache box, then upload it > > > >to > > > >your ISP server that is running PHP/Access? I'm sorry but that's not > > > >going > > > >to work. You can't transparently switch a PHP application from MySQL > > > >to > > > >Access. > > > > > > Yes, you did understand me correctly. > > > > > > What I understand ( and could certainly be wrong) is that there are in > > > PHP layers of abstraction/wrappers/APIs or whatever you call them, > > > that allow you to do just that, i.e. to write code that is obviously > > > not as efficient as one written specifically for one single database, > > > but does work on more of them. > > > > > > As a matter of fact, after posting the first message, I bought the > > > book PHP developers cookbook which has section 16.0 named more or less > > > How to create a DB independent API with PHP, and that says "at the > > > beginning of the script is included a file containing all the wrapper > > > function....." > > > > <shameless plug> > > http://evilbill.org/php/DBI.php3 > > I don't have an ODBC module for use under NT/Access but I would love a > > contribution. > > </shameless plug> > > > > > > > > > That's exactly what I was hoping to do. THe site has ~4000 > > > accesses/month, and just some hundred records in the DB, so performance > > > is not really an issue here, is it? > > > > IMHO, no. > > > > b. > > mysql > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > -- > We need to focus on how to be productive, not just active. > Scott McNealy, chairman, CEO, and cofounders, Sun Microsystems. -- Bill Adams TriQuint Semiconductor --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
