* Joaquin Herrero  [070320 14:33]:

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> Hi,

>

> Has anyone succeded in using iodbc or unixodbc to access a remote database

> ODBC-compliant?

> I need to use some data from a SQL Server for the application I'm

> developping (PHP+MySQL on OpenBSD) but I don't  find any information about

> how to proceed.

>

> I can install the iodbc package on a OpenBSD 4.0 machine, but then, what

> should I do to access a remote SQLServer database?

> Do I need some extra driver?

>

> If someone has experience on this, please tell me, cause I'm stuck with this

> problem.

>

> --

> Joaquin Herrero

> 

Skip ODBC and speak natively to the rdbms.  Take a look in ports at

database/freetds.  Perl modules are in the ports tree that make it easy

to use too.
Jim