On 10/30/08, Daniel Brown <danbrown@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Dan Shirah <mrsquash2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Is it possible for us to use PHP to create temp tables in our database? > [snip!] > > > > But all that does is give me an "ifx_prepare fails" message. > > (Forwarded to PHP-DB as well.) > > Dan, make sure Informix is set to allow that user to use the > CREATE syntax. Also, not sure about IFX, but with other SQL databases > - including MySQL - you have to use the full word `TEMPORARY`, not > just `TEMP`. > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > http://www.parasane.net/ > daniel.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx || danbrown@xxxxxxx > Ask me about our current hosting/dedicated server deals! > Ah! You both may be right. I was running my entire using AQT and it ran fine without any problems but once I pulled it into my web application it took a swan dive. You're probably totally right, of course it could create it in AQT because I'm connecting to it with my credentials, whereas the web application is connecting as a different user. Thanks guys, I'll check out my permissions and hopefully that's all it is. Just an FYI, the use of "temp" instead of "temporary" does work in Informix :)