Hi I don't know how this shared library works, but to the best of my knowledge you'll always need oracle client software (SQL*Net) installed on the php server to connect to an oracle database . Please correct me if I'm wrong and point me to the docs. Tia Jack -----Original Message----- From: Martin Marques [mailto:martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar] Sent: vrijdag 12 september 2003 18:15 To: fred@farmaciadospobres.com.br; php-db Subject: Re: Connect to Oracle DB El Vie 12 Sep 2003 15:52, Frederico Madeia escribiÃ: > Dear friends, > > How i connect one server running PHP(linux) to other server running > Oracle(linux) ?? > when i tryed to connect with ora_logon, the server return me: Call to > undefined function: ora_logon(). > > In php.net describe some functions to connect to oracle,. but how i make > to do work ??? > I must install oracle on same server that runing php ?? 1) Oracle and PHP can be on different servers (in some cases it's better to have them separeted). 2) they don't even have to be on the same OS, even though it's a good idea. 3) Your erro is due to the fact that you don't have an oracle-featured PHP installed, so you have to recompile PHP with the --with-oracle option, or try to get a shared library for oracle support for your PHP version. -- Porquà usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera, si podÃs usar PostgreSQL? ----------------------------------------------------------------- MartÃn MarquÃs | mmarques@unl.edu.ar Programador, Administrador, DBA | Centro de Telematica Universidad Nacional del Litoral ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php