Re: ASP Book

what I mean is that it is because of m$ that there is no access_connect()
function. At least that is what I've gathered from reading 100+ emails a
day.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Anderson <blainesoft(at)hotmail.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: ASP Book


| >
| >Only have to use ODBC because of m$
| >
|
| Well, this is playing games with terminology. With PHP, you still have to
| set up a database connection so PHP knows how to connect to the database.
|
| In any three-tier development project, the middle tier still has to know
how
| to connect to the datastore wherever it may be and whoever it may be.
|
| That's pretty much essential with any multiuser database, and it's clearly
| true for web-based databases which follow the three-tier model.
|
| So, no, it's not ODBC, but it is generally the same type of action. The
| implied assertion that PHP doesn't need a database connection while
| Microsoft does is misleading. Whether it's ODBC or not, if you have a
| multiuser database, you have to have a connection setting.
|
| Here's the link to setting up a PHP database connection:
|
| http://www.php.net/manual/configuration.php3
|
| PHP may be good, but don't give it attributes it does not possess.
|
|
| Eric Anderson
|
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| Eric Anderson
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