thanks for all your input. unfortunately, i cannot set up a new database as it is being used by other applications/websites. the versions of odbc, php and apache are all the same... please do let me know if you have any other suggestions! thanks On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If you have Apache on IIS, why not go MySQL. It's a fair bit faster I've >> found, and a darn site easier to work with; >> > > because changing a web server is a lot easier than rewriting an app to use > another database ;) > > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ > >