* Thus wrote Giz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist on > beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know. > Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a > relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to > insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free > databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every day.
Programmers often get their heads banged against a wall 'by' clients. I recently had to go through the whole issue of trying to use a client's favorite Access DB on a Linux server with no success. I tried convincing him to switch to MySQL etc. but of course he wanted to stay with what he knew. Maybe try for some MSSQL capable hosting with this job, PEAR and ADODB are great for ODBC, the only issue is setting up an ACCESS DSN, which can't be done on a Unix box at this time. I have heard of tricky windows/linux bridging techniques though, but what ISP is going to set up an extra windows box for one Access db? Cheers, Paul -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
