ADODB is a PHP abstraction layer class. In other words it hides the fact that it is using the odbc extension to connect to Access. And, it has another driver that uses the COM extension to connect to Accesss (ado_access). Basically there are only 3 options for connecting to Access from PHP. They are odbc, COM and odbtp. So, the comparison must be done amongst them, and not with an abstraction layer that uses them. -- bob On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Gryffyn, Trevor wrote: > I'm guessing that COM is going to be overkill for this. I thought some > systems like ADOdb let you get to Access tables directly without COM. > > I'm imaginging that COM might not always be a viable way to go anyway, > if you have an Access .MDB file on a server where your PHP stuff is > hosted, they probably don't have Access installed on their server (why > would they?). > > If I have time later, I'll double-check ADOdb and such, but I'd look > into something like that before I'd use COM. > > -TG > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt M. [mailto:h.dudeness@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 11:54 AM > > To: Matthew Perry > > Cc: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: microsoft access > > > > > > > Does anyone know of a good online source for using php and microsoft > > > access. > > > I don't want to have to use asp. > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > you could use com objects with Microsoft ADO > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
