If you can make Access execute a shell function, maybe you can use cURL or wget to signal a web PHP script to run (and/or run the PHP program -- if it is not accessible through a URL). Regards, Dwight > -----Original Message----- > From: bill [mailto:bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:11 PM > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: running program after insert w/MySQL 4.1 > > I have an Access database connecting via ODBC to a local MySQL machine > and doing inserts. It does these inserts throughout the day. > > After each insert, I need a PHP program run. > > Alas, MySQL 4.1 doesn't do triggers, etc., and upgrading to 5.x looks > non-trivial. > > What else can I do? Is there any way to trigger something via the ODBC > connection? > > A cron job? > > I'm open to suggestions. > > kind regards, > > bill > > -- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php