Jeson Hi , this is Nabil from PHP list, i wonder if u could help with the following: I have a stored procedure on a remote Microsoft (stupid) SQL server.. and I have to connect to it remotely and I have only permission to execute those specific procedure , and I only got the returned value... My server that I will connect from is Linux, apache with MySQL database, and my code ofcourse PHP.... How can i connect to microsoft SQL server from my php linux server..??? i think ODBC is not excisted in Linux... ( I reserve to myself to be wrong)... Please help me if I can , how can I connect to that server , and execute them, and get the return values... One of the stored procedures that i got a copy from the remote administrator is : Waiting for any comment .... ///// --========================================================================== ======= CREATE PROCEDURE ChangePasswd @login varchar(32) , @oldpass varchar(16), @newpass varchar(16) AS declare @chkpass int set @chkpass = (select count(*) from subaccounts where login=@login and password=@oldpass) if @chkpass<>0 begin update subaccounts set password=@newpass where login=@login and password=@oldpass select '0' as err end else begin select '1' as err end Go --========================================================================== ======= //// -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php