Hi, I have problems fetching data from an special database over a com-based sdk. With VisualBasic it's not a problem, but the same code doesn't work with php. First some Data: - The database system holds high compressed industrial data and is called OSI-PI. The system itself is under a comercial license (OSI Soft Inc.). - The distributor gave us a sdk - fully OO. - The sdk has to be integrated over COM. - My 1. testsystem: Windows 2000 Professional Version 5.00.2195 with php 5.2.2 - My 2. testsystem: Windows 2003 Server with php 5.2.4 Here a code-sniplet from me that work: 1 <?php 2 $comObjPi = new COM('PISDK.PISDK'); 3 $server = $comObjPi->Servers->Item("123.123.123.123"); 4 $server->Open("123.123.123.123;UID=foo;pwd=bar"); 5 $point = $server->PIPoints("SINUSOID"); 6 echo "\n".$point->Data->SnapShot()->Value."\n"; 7 echo "\n".$point->Data->SnapShot()->TimeStamp."\n"; 8 ?> Line 2 makes an object from the sdk. Line 3 and 4 builds up the connection to the server. Line 5 connects to an datapoint (PI-Point/Sinosoid is a testpoint). Line 6 and 7 receive the last value and the last time that are stored in the point. Everything WORKS FINE. But when we use some other functions of the sdk, php throws some exceptions: 9 com_load_typelib('PISDK.PISDK'); 10 echo "\nTest 1:\n"; 11 try{ 12 $value = $point->Data->ArcValue(new Variant(mktime(), VT_R8), rtBefore); 13 } 14 catch(Exception $e){ 15 print("\nException Versuch 1 ".$e->getMessage()." TraceString: ".$e->getTraceAsString()); 16 } 17 18 echo "\nTest 2:\n"; 19 try{ 20 $value = $point->Data->ArcValue(variant_date_from_timestamp(mktime()), rtBefore); 21 } 22 catch(Exception $e){ 23 print("\nException Versuch 2 ".$e->getMessage()." TraceString: ".$e->getTraceAsString()); 24 } 25 26 $server->Close(); 27 ?> Line 12/20: The function ArcValue is designed for calling archived values from a pi-point. It needs two values. First the date/time as Long, Int, String..., nearly each format. The second value is a constant. We loaded all of them in Line 9. We tested all types of variant for the first value, but each time it throws the following exception: --- Test 1: Exception Test 1 Parameter 0: Typkonflikt. //Type-Mismatch in the english version TraceString: #0 C:\php_pi\pitest.php(12): variant->ArcValue(Object(variant), 6) #1 {main} Test 2: Exception Test 2 Parameter 0: Typkonflikt. TraceString: #0 C:\php_pi\pitest.php(20): variant->ArcValue(Object(variant), 6) #1 {main} ---- We tested other functions from the sdk. But each time we tried we lose. :-/ Fololowing an example written in VisualBasic that works fine: Imports pisdk Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Click Dim MySdk As New PISDK.PISDK Dim pt As PIPoint Dim v As PIValues pt = MySdk.Servers.DefaultServer.PIPoints("sinusoid") v = pt.Data.PlotValues("1-Jan-07", "*", 1000) MsgBox(v.Count & " Elements") End Sub End Class It receives all datarows for the point "sinusoid" since first Jan and counts them. This example works with VisualBasic but it didn't work on php. Some programmers of OSI-Soft said that all functions takes objects as parameter so the type-mismatch is a problem in php. Because of the working VB code I think they are right. Has anyone a hint for me or a likewise problem with an other sdk/application? Regards Oliver -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php