i want to understand something : when using a dsn like this with adodb :
"DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=/var/tmp/etiq.db"
should i have an ODBC layer or not ?
On 9/7/06, Joe Wollard <joe.wollard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think kOffice can read mdb files on Linux - maybe that would be a
good starting point for research. Perhaps they have built a kind of
API to allow other programs to do the same......then again, maybe not
- but like I said, it's some place to start.
On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Fourat Zouari wrote:
> it's a PHP question : how can we access Ms Access mdb files without
> ODBC ?
>
> On 9/7/06, Angelo Zanetti <angelo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Fourat Zouari wrote:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> > I need to create a script that can open a connection to a
>> given .mdb
>> file
>> > (Microsoft Access) and do some light selects on it, anyway ...
>> > The problem that i wont create an ODBC instance, i wont and cant
>> install
>> > ODBC support on the server for the unique purpose of doing that
>> on the
>> > mdb
>> > file.
>> > I'm seeking how to do such thing on a Linux env (no COM) and
>> without
>> > ODBC,
>> > googling, i found that AdoDB doesnt do it (?) and PDO didnt got a
>> support
>> > for that (?)
>> > Any helpers around ? thanks
>> >
>>
>> what does this have to do with PHP?
>>
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