Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/06/2005 10:55:07 AM: > > On Monday, Mar 7, 2005, at 16:04 US/Central, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It would be happy to try to help if I worked in or on either of those > > platforms (Apache + Java). I am Win32(IIS), ASP (VBScript/JavaScript) > > using MyODBC as my connection library. > > Is using MyODBC the accepted way to connect to a MySQL database from > within an ASP/VBScript page? Or is there some other way? For example, > PHP has a connector that can directly connect to a MySQL database. > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent >
MyODBC is but one way to connect code to server. I am not running ASP.NET servers so I don't use the .NET Connector. There was another project or two (like the .Net Connector) that was written for VB. I found a copy of the source of one of them but all of the projects I have found seem to be abandoned (which means, you are responsible for your own support). The C++ API is packaged with the server) Since I don't have time to update these legacy connectors to keep up with the new server technology (Views, SPROCS, INFORMATION_SCHEMA, 4.1+ password hashing, etc) and I don't have enough time to debug it when I get it wrong (which everyone does), I decided to go with the tested and prepackaged MyODBC. Now, if anyone else has or knows of a product that will work from ASP (not ASP.Net) or VB (not VB.NET) and doesn't require the .NET runtime library to be installed I would love to hear from you. Please respond to the list so that everyone has a chance to get in on it, too. Thanks, Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine PS. I am sure that if I tried really hard, I could call a compiled version of the C++ API from VB but I don't want to go through the motions of converting all of the APIs function calls into VB "declare" statements. I have thought about it, but decided against it. Once again, it's a matter of time and support. - S
