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02-04-2008 03:37 AM
02-04-2008 03:37 AM
PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
Rob.
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02-04-2008 11:40 PM
02-04-2008 11:40 PM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
The same applies to a PHP extension.
IIRC, MS_SQL is a derivate of Sybase. Would that be a way to go? (I don't know of a recent Sybase driver on VMS either; There used to be one ;))
Another apporach is accessing the MS-SQL database indirectly, in a Client/Server connection (I've done something similar accessing an Oracle database on Unix from 'anywhere' before SQL*Net was available)
Willem
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02-05-2008 12:36 AM
02-05-2008 12:36 AM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
>>>
an Oracle database on Unix from 'anywhere' before SQL*Net was available
<<<
That seems strange.
Way back when, Oracle V3,x on VMS 3.x, when Oracle Development still had its home in Naarden, I was the system manager of the systems on which the first Oracle connection between two databases on two machines was realised.
(That was at the no-longer-existing Equity&Law in The Hague).
Very shortly thereafter, with Oracle V4, that was formalised into SQL*Net.
Only much later Oracle (V5?, V6?) became also available on (some) Unix(es?).
( And the changeover of Oracle DEVELOPMENT away from VMS to Unix was only in the V7 - V8 timeframe. Oracle used to play very nicely with VMS clustering up unto ORA V7).
But, an Oracle database on Unix before SQL*Net was available really needs some strange time warping!
fwiw
Proost.
Have one on me.
jpe
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02-05-2008 01:36 AM
02-05-2008 01:36 AM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
http://www.oracle.com/timeline/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/oramag/profit/07-may/p27anniv_timeline.pdf (in 1 page)
I think Oracle 5 introduced sqlnet. But hey, I was working with V5 on a single VAX in that time and didn't even know networking existed.
Wim
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02-05-2008 01:43 AM
02-05-2008 01:43 AM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
Attunity and a few others can do a reverse-bridge from VMS to Windows.
The other is FreeTDS, ported by Craig Berry. It looks like PHP can use the Sybase API to talk to FreeTDS, which I'm currently digging into.
Rob.
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02-05-2008 03:47 AM
02-05-2008 03:47 AM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
The working program was accessing a Unix based Oracle database from a Windows application, and SQL*Net was no option at the time (Management attitudes haven't changed very much in these years). It worked remarkably well for many, many years.
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02-05-2008 12:45 PM
02-05-2008 12:45 PM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
As I mentioned off-forum, the pieces to do what you want are all freely available, but "some assembly required" definitely applies. PHP has been ported and the VMS-specific sources are available from HP (though there was a thread on comp.os.vms lately that you don't really get everything you need to do a build with that source kit). FreeTDS as you know, is also available. Building the two together and configuring everything to work together isn't rocket science, but it is work.
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02-05-2008 11:09 PM
02-05-2008 11:09 PM
Re: PHP MS-SQL Extension On VMS?
(If anyone succeeded to build it, please post the info!)
WG
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