it doesn't matter what OS you are connecting from, all it cares about is who is connecting and how. MS SQL isn't that picky. As long as you issue the correct commands to connect, no problem at all.
look at php.net to see the function to connect to a MS SQL Server box (odbc?) "Andrew Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Marcelo, > > You can use the sybase or free tds libraries, per the configuration options, > e.g. --with-option. > Check the install docs for the libraries you will need (e.g. ct-lib, tds). > > Another option is ODBC. Here you can link --with-iodbc using the SDK from > www.iodbc.org, and drivers from www.openlinksw.com. You will get better > support for SQLServer2000 (e.g. datatypes) via ODBC than if you use either > option above. > > Best regards, > Andrew Hill > Director of Technology Evangelism > OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com > Universal Data Access & Data Integration Technology Providers > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marcelo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:33 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP-DB] MSSQL 2000 and PHP on Linux.. > > > > > > Hello, > > From the PHP site I read that I may use the Sybase libraries to > > connect to > > a MS SQL server using PHP. > > Then reading over the Sybase documentation I got lost. > > > > Do I have to install/configure Sybase in order to compile PHP with sybase > > support? > > Or are there some basic libraries that I can install just to compile PHP? > > > > Or is there an alternative on how to connect to a MsSQL 2000 from Linux? > > > > Thanks > > Marcelo > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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]
