>Hello all, >Am I right in thinking I have very few options? I don't want to move over to ASP (would that even help?) because it means learning VBScript and I don't have a >lot of time. Also, I can't use another database (e.g. MySQL) cos the server admin is NOT helping me and won't install anything new. ok. I have not entirely thought this through, but if you're running a linux machine and can install stuff in your web space, then potentially you have another option. But _only_ if PHP is already compiled with mysql support. Couldn't you grab a mysql binary from mysql.com(that matches your client version compiled into PHP), and install it in your web space? And then use your linux user as the mysql user, and assign appropriate permissions to the directory per the INSTALL-BINARY document in the distrobution. or, even better, if you know the name of your web user (apache user)..you could also start it as that user, removing the security hole of using yours (which i'm sure has elevated rights). And i didn't think you could run COM on anything but a Widoze PHP build? adn you're on Linux? anyway... just an idea and maybe not a good one. But looks like you're stuck. There are potential issues, but .... well, again..just an idea. HTH....Good Luck! Jeff Alex Gemmell ¦:¦ Reply-to: alex.gemmell@xxxxxxxxxx ¦:¦ Or call me for free using Skype: -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
