Hi, You can indeed use ODBC, and that will get around some issues that FreeTDS has with SQLServer 2000. Some ODBC drivers are slow, but you will find OpenLink's drivers to be exceptionally fast.
To use ODBC, you will need to link PHP against iODBC as per the howto at www.iodbc.org The drivers are available as a free download (2-connection license) from www.openlinksw.com Hope this helps! Best regards, Andrew Hill Director of Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com Universal Data Access & Data Integration Technology Providers > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabriel Ricard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:59 AM > To: Boaz Yahav > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Moving from MySQL to MSSQL Server 2000 > > > Sorry for the late reply to this, but if you were to move to MS SQL I'd > highly recommend using FreeTDS (www.freetds.org) to access the database > from PHP. Due to the lack of an MS SQL client library in Mac OS X I have > to use FreeTDS to contact another MS SQL server ( I use MySQL myself ). > Setup was very easy, you just build FreeTDS and then configure PHP using > --with-sybase-ct=/path/to/freetds. Then you can use the mssql_* group of > functions to access the database. > > Or you could use ODBC... but I was never able to get that to work > correctly, and the general consensus seems to be that ODBC is slow. > > On Saturday, January 12, 2002, at 03:24 PM, Boaz Yahav wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I'm planning to move my site (Very successful / high traffic Auctions > > site) from MySQL to MSSQL Server 2000. > > I was wondering if anyone has done this move and if there are any pit > > falls to notice. > > > > 1. Is ODBC the only way to work from a Solaris / Apache / PHP 4 machine > > to a Win2K / SQL Server 2000? > > 2. What could be the performance cost (if any). > > 3. Are there any special points that need to be taken into consideration > > on either side? > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
