On 1/26/06, Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, January 26, 2006 2:23 pm, Justin Cook wrote: > > We need to connect to a database on our AS400. Would this be best > > accomplished with ODBC? If not, what is the preferred method? Thanks! > > The AS400 was discussed on this list, or possible on the predecessor > list which was just php@xxxxxxxxxxxxx back in the day when there was > only one PHP mailing list (not counting internal developer lists). > > As I recall, a straight ODBC connection was not quite enough, and some > Voodoo had to be performed to get it to work, but it was possible. > > I also vaguely recall that the AS400 ended up being READ-ONLY, at > least under one variant of that voodoo... >From my experience, when the ODBC driver (for windows at least) is installed, it defaults to read-only. >From memory, this can be changed simply by ticking a check box to allow writes.
