Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:31:15 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Dempsey <chrisdempsey@yahoo.com> To: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com>, questions@freebsd.org Cc: kellers@njit.edu Subject: Re: Access database, Unix and php Message-ID: <20020228163115.68409.qmail@web13404.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200202270306.g1R369432667@serv1.wallnet.com>
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--- Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> wrote: > > In an evironment that can be maddenly heterogenous, > I need to connect --using > php-- to an Access database that resides on a Win2k > server. Recently, the > day before yesterday in fact, Cold Fusion Server's > CFMail capability gave up > the ghost and I'm looking for an alternative way to > post web information > received via a form to a database and have it auto > generate e-mail to the > poster. Try checking for bad emails in the /mail/* subdirectories - it almost always is the culprit in cfmail problems. Also, I would definitely use MySQL on FreeBSD instead of an Access database. Access databases are *not* good for a system that will get more than a minimum load. > > I know how to do that in php(4) and MySQL --in fact > I have that component > working. But (and there is always a but), the form > I have to use has > selections that are stored in an Access database on > one of the Win 2K > machines. > > Samba is installed on the server that is running > php/MySQL. I don't have the > time at this point (or truthfully the desire even if > I had the time) to > install the Windows variant of php and MySQL on the > Win 2k box.. Heck, I > don't even have the time to do the reinstall of Cold > Fusion 5 on the Win 2k > box. If you decide to go with PHP and MySQL, definitely go with a *nix operating system. I realize that they are supposed to work, but they were definitely designed for *nix. > > If anyone has experience using Unix tools (like Unix > ODBC) or can point me to > a reference where I might learn how to make a > Unix<-->Access db connection, > I'd be most appreciative. > > TIA, > > Tim Kellers > CPE/NJIT > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message ===== Christopher P Dempsey --------------------- chrisdempsey@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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