Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:05 PM > To: 'Andrew Hazen'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: mySQL & PervasiveSQL > > > [snip] > Now here's a bit of an oddball question: > > I am building a php/mysql web app that will be linking with > an accounting system in PervasiveSQL. Right now the various > pieces of the web app are built in mySQL. > > Is there a way to do JOINS between tables in the two > different databases? [/snip]
No. You can't at present. > > The problem that you will run into is connecting to both > databases. Normally in PHP you use something like the > following to connect to a single database; > > $dbconnect = mysql_pconnect("127.0.0.1", "user", "password"); > mysql_select_db("mydatabase", $dbconnect); > > Using the PHP native connections to MySQL. Assuming > PervasiveSQL has an ODBC connection available it can be done. > > I have seen it done, here are some examples with 2 MySQL databases; All these represent the query manipulatation in individual database either by establishing each connection to a database or by switching between the databases(catalogs). Regards, Venu -- For technical support contracts, go to https://order.mysql.com __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Venu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Developer /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ California, USA <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php