RE: ODBTP (Best solution for MSSQL & Win32 ODBC) atSourceForge

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fair enough.
Shoot it over to them. I am sure they are eager to see software that makes
PHP better.

I've gone into 'PHP evangelist' mode after a spot of Java programming. I'd
like to boost PHP's image within the Australian Business Community.

LW
Australian PHP Evangelist :)



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Twitty [mailto:rtwitty@neutron.ushmm.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2003 11:12 AM
To: Luke Woollard
Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: RE:  ODBTP (Best solution for MSSQL & Win32 ODBC)
atSourceForge


I wanted to crawl before I ran. :)

-- bob

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Luke Woollard wrote:

> Dude,
>
> Did you send this stuff to the guys at ZEND?
> If it is as good as you claim, why not integrate it into PHP 5?
> This way PHP gets better and you get acclaim.
>
> :)
>
> Luke Woollard
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Twitty [mailto:rtwitty@neutron.ushmm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2003 10:59 AM
> To: php-db@lists.php.net
> Subject:  ODBTP (Best solution for MSSQL & Win32 ODBC) at
> SourceForge
>
>
> The first version of ODBTP (Open Database Transport Protocol) is now
> available at http://odbtp.sourceforge.net.
>
> ODBTP is a solution to connecting to MS-SQL 7.0/2000 and other Win32 ODBC
> accessible databases from UNIX or Linux.
>
> The statement "Best solution..." is not just a blanket opinion on my part.
> I did not create ODBTP because I had nothing else better to do.  I created
> it because the extensions included with PHP for connecting to MS-SQL were
> inadequate.  Neither the odbc nor the mssql extensions can properly read
> nvarchar and ntext fields.  In fact, the mssql extension breaks if you
> try to read a ntext field.  Handling of datetime data was also not
> satisfactory. Parameterized queries were not possible with the odbc
> extension, and was only supported for stored procedures by the mssql
> extension if used with Win32-based PHP.  And while the odbc and mssql
> extensions were ok on Win32, they caused too many problems for me when
> used on a UNIX platform.
>
> Because I preferred to use PHP instead of ASP or JSP for web
> application development,  I created ODBTP to solve all of the problems
> inherent in PHP when connecting to MS-SQL databases.
>
> ODBTP has been in use successfully at my place of employment for about 6
> months, and I felt that it was good idea to make it available to other
> people who also have a need to connect to MS-SQL from PHP.
>
> The URL http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en points to a site that uses ODBTP to
> dynamically generate its pages.
>
> -- bob
>
>
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