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duk
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by duk » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:23 am
how is the best way to connect to a microsoft DB ???
m3mn0n
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by m3mn0n » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:41 am
phpScott
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by phpScott » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:29 am
don't
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by patrikG » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:37 am
you can also use a DB-wrapper like pear::DB or adodb (google for them).
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by lostboy » Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:40 am
phpScott wrote:
don't
hahaha
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by patrikG » Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:50 am
Nothing wrong with a Microsoft DB. So what's the slagging off about?
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by phpScott » Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:06 am
there is nothing really wrong with a ms db but when using php it is much easier to use mysql of postgres.
you don't have to worry about a bunch of other connections neccessities.