Re: Regular, ol' PHP, MS-SQL and Windows 7

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From	"Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com>
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Subject	Re: Regular, ol' PHP, MS-SQL and Windows 7
Date	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:04:48 -0600
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:49:01 -0800 (PST), gmark wrote:
> I've tried many configurations, xampp, mamp, ms, something called
> "moompa", and have read dozens of posts and articles missing some
> crucial information or implying that something doesn't really work
> with something else., "XP isn't supported, MySQL works great but MS-
> SQL *should* work fine except I've never done that, X isn't up to
> date, PHP only works to version 5.2, Oracle and SYbase are great, so Y
> should just work, here are a bunch of drivers -- just put them in the
> right folder (wherever that is), I've got a book for 29.95 that'll
> tell you how to do that,  never install Z in this folder or it'll be
> cursed forever......" etc., etc......
>
> All I want is to install PHP 5.3 on a Windows 7 machine and be able to
> read from a Microsoft SQL database.
>
> What's the quickest way to set this up?

Hire a consultant.

-- 
You can lead an idiot to knowledge but you cannot make him think.  You 
can, however, rectally insert the information, printed on stone 
tablets, using a sharpened poker.
              -- Nicolai

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Regular, ol' PHP, MS-SQL and Windows 7 gmark <gmark99@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 16:49 -0800
  Re: Regular, ol' PHP, MS-SQL and Windows 7 "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-16 09:29 +0000
  Re: Regular, ol' PHP, MS-SQL and Windows 7 "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-12-16 07:04 -0600

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