Thanks for the clarification, Bob. ADOdb is one of those things that I use, but don't really think about much so terms like "abstraction layer" didn't come immediately to mind. So in the interest of not sounding like a dumbass and using the wrong terms, I just kept my response vague :) At any rate, COM is still going to require Access to be installed. ODBC I have experience with, so that sounds like the best route for general use. And I have no experience with odbtp, so can't really judge on that one. Anyway, thanks again Bob, input is goood. -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Twitty [mailto:rtwitty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:27 PM > To: Gryffyn, Trevor > Cc: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Matt M.; Matthew Perry > Subject: RE: microsoft access > > > 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
