Hi, I red the http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php in a more accurate manner, and I found an user contribution note suggesting to substitute the ntwdblib.dll with a newer one. The version of the old (original from the PHP v5.2.5 installation) is 2000.2.8.0 and the newer version I found on the same machine is 2000.80.2039.0. Now it works fine. Maybe the differt behaviour between the php CLI (command line interface) and apache is that the cli search the dll in the installation folder and apache search in the windows system folder. Thanks for the big help. Regards. Davide 2008/4/2, Krister Karlström <krister.karlstrom@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi! > > Please have a look at the manual pages (if you have not allready done > that). There might be some information for you in the user comments: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php > > Manual page about command line scripting: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php > > Now you're using windows so I don't think that FreeTDS is used, right? But > if you were on a Linux environment you should note that you need to have the > server configured in the config file for FreeTDS, exactly in the same way > your connecting. That means if you use fully qualified domain names the > server should be registered with the same hostname in freetds.conf. But that > has probably nothing to do with this now since you're using Windows... > > The documentation of mssql_connect() says that you can specify a > portnumber like you did, but I found some examples on the net using a colon > (:) instead. Try that also, or try with the default port number... I'm not > sure if that is gonna help you at all, but it's worth trying... > > Or maybe you have some problem with name resolution through DNS... Try > using the IP adress when connecting... It's really hard to tell what's > wrong. However, I have seldom used PHP in a Windows environment so maybe I'm > the wrong person to answer your questions! :) I do however have a command > line application running on Windows XP that successfully uses MySQL on a > Linux server, never had any trouble with that... > > Greetings, > Krister Karlström, Helsinki, Finland > > Molteni Davide wrote: > > Hi, > > > > thanks for your quick answer, > > > > but in the script I don't use sessions variables to store host, user and > > password, I wrote something like that: > > $sc=mssql_connect("hostname,1433","userid","password"); > > > > Can you please tell me where I can find information about how to design > > scripts for either the environment? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Davide > > > > 2008/4/2, Krister Karlström <krister.karlstrom@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > That description did not help us very much... I think you're just > > > connecting using the wrong credentials, or using no at all. From where > > > do > > > you grab the hostname, username and password? Maybe it's stored in > > > your > > > session or something, and that session is not working in your command > > > line > > > environment..? It could be just about anything that's your problem! :) > > > > > > My advice is to take a look att the parameters using to connect to the > > > server, maybe echo them to stdout before doing your connect... It > > > might be > > > that they are not defined when running your script on command-line. > > > > > > In general, very few script are written in such a way that they work > > > the > > > same way in a webserver environment and on command line. You should > > > design > > > your scripts for either the environment. > > > > > > Greetings, > > > Krister Karlström, Helsinki, Finland > > > > > > Molteni Davide wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I have a problem with all my php scripts that use MS SQL Server, but > > > > only > > > > when I start them from the command line > > > > I'm using Apache 2.2.4 with PHP 5.2.5 on a server Win2k3 with SP2, > > > > and > > > > MS > > > > SQL Server 2000 on another Win2k3 server. > > > > If I run the same script using a webbrower as an internet page it > > > > works > > > > fine, > > > > but if I run it from the command line (c:\>php scipt.php) I will > > > > receive > > > > messages like this: > > > > "Warning: mssql_connect(): Unable to connect to server: > > > > servername,1433 > > > > in > > > > c:\script.php on line #" > > > > Can someone have an idea what could be the problem? > > > > Can someone please help me? > > > > What should I do to make it working? > > > > Tanks a lot in advance. > > > > > > > > Davide > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Davide Molteni alla Stazione 6702 Claro Tel. 091 630 1710 Nat. 076 381 3281