Re: php and sybase

[Alexander.Farber@t-online.de (Alexander Farber)]

Peter Werner wrote:
> im hoping to be able to compile php3 or 4 with sybase support on
> openbsd 2.7. on php.net it says to contact sybase for libraries to
> link with. the people ive spoken to at sybase dont really seem to
> know what to do with me, i was wondering if anyone had successfully
> done this and if they could give me a name or something of someone
> at sybase to get in contact with regrading this.
> 
> we use mysql, and dont really want to have to buy a full db off
> them. we're a web dev company and one of our clients has a big
> sybase db we're meant to be using for the website.

Heh, you don't want to pay for the (BTW quite good) 
Sybase database, but still expect support from them?

As for libraries, have you tried http://www.freeTDS.org ?

Regards
Alex

PS: BTW there is an older Sybase database - free for
    commercial (!) usage at http://linux.sybase.com
     
    I wonder if someone been able to run it at OpenBSD

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