Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:51:26 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Peter Brezny <peter@skyrunner.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: access database connectivity under mod_frontpage Message-ID: <20020403205126.GC22338@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOMEGOEPAA.peter@skyrunner.net> References: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOMEGOEPAA.peter@skyrunner.net>
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In the last episode (Apr 03), Peter Brezny said: > Is it possible to get a front page site hosted under mod_frontpage on > FreeBSD 4.5 to connect to an access database...well I guess what I > really want to know, is whether or not it's possible to put the > access database data on the webserver running mod_frontpage. The only software capable of reading an Access database is the MS Jet DB engine, which only runs on Windows. There is no ODBC connectivity to Access. You would be much better off converting to a MySQL or PostgreSQL backend, both of which have excellent Unix and Windows compatibility. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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