Connect to SQL Server

Hello,

Is there any way to connect to SQL Server without using mssql_connect?
The installation of PHP I'm using was not compiled with the MSSQL
extensions. Thanks.

Re: Connect to SQL Server

In our last episode,
<1190234753.028021.204250@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and
talented Matt White broadcast on comp.lang.php:

> Hello,

> Is there any way to connect to SQL Server without using mssql_connect?
> The installation of PHP I'm using was not compiled with the MSSQL
> extensions. Thanks.

Aye, thar be plentiful ways, lad, but none o' them be very good.

Ye can query t' mesql client directly and parse t' output for yourself. It
takes some fancy riggin' in the backticks, matey, but it can be done. And
likewise ye can hail perl DBI or C routines, if'n yur amind to.

Recompile your PHP, lad, for reinventing t' wheel be pointless.

--
Lars Eighner
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Re: Connect to SQL Server

Lars Eighner wrote:
> In our last episode,
> <1190234753.028021.204250@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and
> talented Matt White broadcast on comp.lang.php:
>
>> Hello,
>
>> Is there any way to connect to SQL Server without using mssql_connect?
>> The installation of PHP I'm using was not compiled with the MSSQL
>> extensions. Thanks.
>
> Aye, thar be plentiful ways, lad, but none o' them be very good.
>
> Ye can query t' mesql client directly and parse t' output for yourself. It
> takes some fancy riggin' in the backticks, matey, but it can be done. And
> likewise ye can hail perl DBI or C routines, if'n yur amind to.
>
> Recompile your PHP, lad, for reinventing t' wheel be pointless.
>
Argh... ITLAP day?

Re: Connect to SQL Server

On Sep 19, 6:37 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Lars Eighner wrote:
> > In our last episode,
> > <1190234753.028021.204...@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and
> > talented Matt White broadcast on comp.lang.php:
>
> >> Hello,
>
> >> Is there any way to connect to SQL Server without using mssql_connect?
> >> The installation of PHP I'm using was not compiled with the MSSQL
> >> extensions. Thanks.
>
> > Aye, thar be plentiful ways, lad, but none o' them be very good.
>
> > Ye can query t' mesql client directly and parse t' output for yourself. It
> > takes some fancy riggin' in the backticks, matey, but it can be done. And
> > likewise ye can hail perl DBI or C routines, if'n yur amind to.
>
> > Recompile your PHP, lad, for reinventing t' wheel be pointless.
>
> Argh... ITLAP day?

It would appear as such :)
Thanks Lars.