On 2 Apr 2001, at 17:33, Millman, Phillip wrote:
> I have an Access database that I would like to be able to update/query
> from Unix. What is the best way to do this? Can I use ODBC on UNIX?
:) ... oh geee ... I once had to do something like this for an MS
SQL server. I managed to connect and read values but I was not
able to update but that could have been permissions problems; as
the project fell through I never pursued it. Anyhow I did this through
freetds (and I remember reading a lot about sybase at the time for
some reason):
http://www.freetds.org/
> FreeTDS is a project to document and implement the TDS (Tabular
> DataStream) protocol. TDS is used by Sybase and Microsoft for client
> to database server communications. The FreeTDS project will implement
> many call level interfaces including: DB-Lib, CT-Lib, ODBC, JDBC, and
> Perl DBI
I recall it being a lot of work. Apparently there are a few companies
that sell/support systems for doing this.
Peter
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