Comments on: Getting to Know MDB2

By: vodou

vodou — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I'm pretty sure that



if (PEAR::isError ($dbh)) {

    die(" Error: ". $dbh-& gt;getMessage());

}

'database' => "database"

);

should be



if (PEAR::isError ($dbh)) {

    die(" Error: ". $dbh->getMessage());

}

'database' => "database"

);

By: ryoung

ryoung — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Great intro Grant! I have a question...my situation requires an Access database running on a windoze XP box for the main office proprietary application.

I am writing another browser application using PHP and MySql on a Linux box that will use data from the Access database and add considerable functionality.

Previously I have tried odbtp here in my office with limited success but am wondering if MDB2 has the ability to connect my Linux PHP application to Access mdb files on a windoze box?

Thanks for your insight,

Ron

By: kurtb149

kurtb149 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I recommend using the built-in PDO library:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php

The PDO library has all the same DB agnostic features of MDB2 plus some neat features like fetching into an object.

I think the MDB2 folk should take any features not in PDO and just extend PDO with them.

By: davidmintz

davidmintz — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Very nice, but it seems that nowadays, for complex projects, your best bet is a reputable MVC framework which ships with its own DBAL.

Also, I think there's an error in a couple of code examples. Where you say:



$result = $dbh->query("select * from employee");

while ($row = $result->fetchRow()) {

 echo $result['lastname'];

}

I think you mean $row['lastname'], not $result['lastname']

By: rvps

rvps — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Finally a db abstraction layer that makes sense to me! (I am always writing fetchOne / fetchAll workarounds)

How about stored procedures with multiple return sets in mySQL5?

Anyone know off the top of thier head if these are supported?

Thanks!

By: pdt256

pdt256 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

You have to use the ODBC Data Source Administrator in Windows to setup the connection:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714024(VS.85).aspx

There is no ODBC driver for PEAR MDB2 yet. You will have to use PEAR DB:
http://www.easysoft.com/developer/languages/php/pear-db-odbc.html

Your probably better off porting the database to another back end though. This sounds eerily like a project I’ve worked on in the past.

-JI