Re: [Sheflug] ODBC In Linux

[Will Newton <will [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 08 April 2003 14:42, Darrell Blake wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way in which I can read a microsoft access database
> in php just using linux, no external windows at all? I have an apache/php
> setup at the moment and want to have access to an access database so I can
> use it in php. In windows you have to get the odbc drivers but it costs
> money. By the way, it does have to be access and not mysql because it's for
> a university assignment which specified it.

Access can export to CSV or ODBC. You could also use ADO on Windows from e.g. 
Python to export your data too, I have used that in the past.

ODBC is pretty heavy duty, and the way to go for a large project.

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