RE: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Wouter van Vliet
003 3:18 -> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Onderwerp: Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform -> using PHP -> -> -> -> On Sunday, August 24, 2003, at 05:31 PM, Giz wrote: -> -> > Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why peop

Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Ernest E Vogelsinger
At 03:18 25.08.2003, Weston Cann said: [snip] >I share a low regard for Access, and I've got a set of standard >forms/code I use to set up a nice interface to MySQL, and I showed it to >my friend. He likes that, but there's a problem: > >He wants to be able

Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Weston Cann
On Sunday, August 24, 2003, at 05:31 PM, Giz wrote: 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 s

Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, > > The simplest way i know of to use access from linux is to use mdbtools > (a free download at sourceforge). Haven't tried to invoke this from PHP > but it would not be all that difficult to create a MDB module. > yeah, I saw a referen

Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote David Otton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:54:41 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > > >I'm building a small web application for a friend using PHP. He'd like to > >use MS Access to keep the data in, and update the data on the site by FTP'ing > > Suggestion: go backwards. Set u

RE: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Paul Fitzpatrick
* 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

Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-25 Thread Curt Zirzow
* 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 f

RE: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-24 Thread Giz
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/dele

Re: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP

2003-08-24 Thread David Otton
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:54:41 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >I'm building a small web application for a friend using PHP. He'd like to >use MS Access to keep the data in, and update the data on the site by FTP'ing >Access files he edits on his machine up to the web host. > >The web host is unix-based (F