ODBTP can be used for the purpose you described. Although I have not used
it with file-based databases, it should not be a problem. The only
requirement is that the ODBC drivers must be thread safe if it will be
accessed by multiple clients. This, of course, will be the case it it is
used on
Robert Twitty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... :
In other words, it allows a PHP
client on UNIX to access a database using the ODBC drivers installed on a
Windows NT / 2000 server. It is nothing more than a middle man service for
Win32 ODBC.
Sounds interesting.
The name of the service is
The name of the service is called ODBTP (Open Database
Transport Protocol), and no there is not a RFC for this protocol. Thus
far, I have successfully accessed MS-SQL, Oracle and Sybase databases
via
ODBTP.
Have Oracle ran well through it?
Yes.
* Supports all data types, including
Robert Twitty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... :
What about RECORD type for Oracle? Objects? XMLType(s)? Have you had a
chance to play with them yet?
I have not tried those types (I primarilly use it for MS-SQL), however,
ODBTP can be easily modified to accomadate any type. The key however
Wez Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... :
As for developer interest; most of the big boys are attending a
conference this week/weekend, so don't be disheartened if you still
haven't had much response before the next weekend.
Considering the wireless network problems we are having, answering
Robert Twitty writes:
So far 3 people have shown interest in ODBTP, however, it is
the weekend. I am currently working on packaging it in a
tar.gz file. If the response is low I will only release it
to those who have shown an interest, and if it becomes higher
than I will release it to
I'd be interested in seeing more about this extension. It sounds
like it could be useful. What kind of license would this stuff
be released under?
If it proves to be a viable DB solution, then my goal is to have it become a
part of PHP. Thus, it would be under the same license as PHP.
Best
gt; * Designed to be as easy as possible to use with
PHP
How committed is your organization to supporting your
selection of PHP? Have you been involved in any open
source coding efforts?
My organization's committment to PHP is primarily determined by me. I am
the software development
Hi Bob,
I'm interested in this becoming more mainstream, although I personally
dislike mssql; the only current alternative that works in a similar way
is one of the packages that Dan mentioned (I forget which) - it was
difficult to configure as it required quite a large amount of fiddling
around
Hi,
To php-dev: I feel that Robert has had a bit of a cool reception;
opensource development relies on positive feedback to make progress.
Sorry that I'm late :)
I too think this is a very nice extension!!! We (nederland.net, hosting
provider in The Netherlands) don't need this yet, but I
Hello
(NOTE: This message was originally posted to PHP-DB, but I was told that
PHP-DEV was a more appropriate place)
I have been using PHP for about 9 months, and have chosen it as my primary
scripting language for web applications. I have and still use ASP and JSP.
IMHO, PHP is superior and
On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 12:38 PM, Robert Twitty wrote:
its capabilities and useless in certain situations. Another
alternative
was to use a commercial ODBC driver management system on UNIX. Sadly,
it
was not in the budget for this endeavor, and the PHP odbc extensions
could
use
At 18:38 02.11.2002, Robert Twitty wrote:
Hello
(NOTE: This message was originally posted to PHP-DB, but I was told that
PHP-DEV was a more appropriate place)
I have been using PHP for about 9 months, and have chosen it as my primary
scripting language for web applications. I have and still
Hi Dan
Below, I have addressed each of your comments. Keep in mind that ODBTP is
not a replacement for ODBC. The motivation for ODBTP was to devise a scheme
that would make it easy to keep up with Microsoft's perpetual changes in the
TDS protocol. Which from my research appears to be the
I do not like MySQL due to its simplicity and lack of relations. But i
must
disagree to PHP/Postgres. Postgres IS very stable and fast. Another very
important
thing is that any security problem found in postgres is fixed very soon.
On the
otherhand there is Microsoft and we have seen in the
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