Chris, You'll need a Windows OS to hit MS Access. OpenLink's Multi-Tier drivers can affect this connection for you if you have a Windows box, but without Windows you may be out of luck.
Best regards, Andrew Hill Director of Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com Universal Data Access & Data Integration Technology Providers > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] PHP/MySQL to M$ Access > > > Hi, > > Until we completely migrate an application from M$ Access to PHP/MySQL, I > need to figure out a way to temporarily query an Access DB from PHP/MySQL. > > I am aware of this article on PHP Builder: > http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/timuckun20001207.php3?page=1 > which discusses using ODBC Socket Servers, but the article assumes the M$ > Access db is on a winblows machine. In my case, the Access DB is > on a Linux > machine (served thru' Samba - isn't Linux great... :-) > > Anyways - could someone offer me some advice - all I need is some some > simple SELECT queries on the Access tables. > > Many Thanks, > Chris > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.oxspring.com > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
