Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!news.karotte.org!uucp.gnuu.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <9649549.pknAfcSPCu@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:17:09 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. Followup-To: comp.lang.php MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 42 NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jun 2012 20:17:09 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 138b4fd5.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=nY2fRR:HVUB[6=1B@oB@@@McF=Q^Z^V3H4Fo<]lROoRA8kFPlF X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:6479 Leonardo Azpurua wrote: > "Jerry Stuckle" escribi� en el mensaje > news:js03fp$pht$1@dont-email.me... >> On 6/21/2012 5:16 PM, Leonardo Azpurua wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there any chance to get somewhere the "old" Sql Server PHP library? >>> Is it compatible with PHP 5.3.10 and newer? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> Which "old library" are you talking about? Is there a problem with the >> MS SQL support in the current PHP? >> >> Generally the libraries which come with PHP (like MS SQL) are going to be >> specific to that version of PHP. > > Basically, MS SQL support is non-existant for curent PHP versions. That appears to be exaggerated. > It included the mssql library up to version 4, but it was dropped in V5. Maybe because PDO is attempting to (is going to?) support MSSQL with PDO_DBLIB and has a much cleaner and more compatible interface (have you ever tried to port code from mssql_* to mysql_*? BTDT, nightmare): > Currently, PHP 5 for Windows rely on the newer PHP SQL Server Driver > (SQLSRV, provided by MS), that depends on the Net Framework and the Native > SQL Client. They suck on most old equipment. Maybe it is about time to buy new equipment then. PointedEars -- Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are positively harmful for cross-browser scripting. -- Richard Cornford, cljs, (2004)