Hello: I am trying to use the iodbc driver to connect to an orable database running on an NT server. Here is the code(test.php): <? putenv("ODBCINSTINI=/usr/local/odbc/odbcsdk/doc/odbcinst.ini"); putenv("ODBCINI=/usr/local/odbc/odbcsdk/doc/odbc.ini"); $connect = odbc_connect("dbName", "userName", "password"); ?> I get this error message: Warning: SQL error: [OpenLink][ODBC]RPC: Unknown host, SQL state 08004 in SQLConnect in test.php on line 4 Here is what I did: cd /usr/local lynx ftp://www.openlinksw.com/open40/l3kozzzz.taz mkdir odbc cd odbc tar zxvf ../l3kozzzz.taz cd /usr/local/php-4.0.6 ./configure --with-zlib --with-iodbc=/usr/local/odbc/odbcsdk --with-mysql=/u sr/local/mysql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs make make install cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini cp /usr/local/odbc/odbcsdk/lib/* /usr/lib vi /usr/local/odbc/odbcsdk/doc/odbc.ini and edited it to have this: [ODBC Data Sources] OpenLink = OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver [OpenLink] Driver = /usr/lib/oplodbc.so.1 Description = Sample OpenLink MT DSN Host = xx.xx.xx.xx <-- This is the IP address of my NT server ServerType = Oracle 8.1 FetchBufferSize = 99 UserName = userName <-- I changes the db name, user, and pass Password = password Database = dbName ServerOptions = ConnectOptions = Options = ReadOnly = no [Default] Driver = /usr/lib/oplodbc.so.1 vi /usr/local/odbc/odbcsdk/doc/odbcinst.ini and made its content into: [ODBC Drivers] OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver = Installed [OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver] Driver = /usr/lib/oplodbc.so.1 Setup = /usr/lib/oplodbc.so.1 Any ideas why I am getting a hostname error with an IP address? Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Aggarwal JAMM Consulting, Inc. (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com Custom Internet Development Ecommerce, Java, JSP, servlets, databases -- PHP Install 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]