mweb, I suggest you use the ODBC Metadata functions in PHP to describe your database, e.g. odbc_tables, odbc_columns, odbc_primarykeys, odbc_foreignkeys, etc.
Best regards, Andrew Hill Director of Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com Universal Data Access & Data Integration Technology Providers > -----Original Message----- > From: mweb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Re: FOLLOW UP on "column names not liked by > odbc/php/access" > > > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 12:21, Dr. Michael Wittmann wrote: > > > - you dont need apostrophes for numeric fields. you get the table > > definition using sql command 'DESC tablename' > > Thanks to Michael and all the others who pointed out my errors. The query > works now. The real problem however, which is REALLY slowing me down, > is that in this project I have to live with php+odbc+MS access, all on a > remote server. I know the DESC instruction above, but access won't take it > via odbc. It gave me this error: > > Warning: SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Invalid SQL > statement; expected 'DELETE', 'INSERT', 'PROCEDURE', 'SELECT', or > 'UPDATE'., > SQL state 37000 in > SQLExecDirect in C/ etcetera.............. > > This is the reason for all my questions in these days: is there really so > little knowledge/documentation on how to handle this particular > combination? > If it were all mysql+apache+php I would perfectly manage > everything by myself. > I have also posted to comp.databases.ms.access without luck so far. > > Again, any pointer to such resources is appreciated. In the > meantime, let me > thank you all once more for your quick and kind suggestions. > > regards, > mweb > > -- > PHP General 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 General 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]
