| From: | Chris <csmith(at)squiz(dot)net> |
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| To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: RPMs for PHP accessing PostgreSQL via ODBC over RedHat |
| Date: | 2001-03-05 23:02:51 |
| Message-ID: | 4.3.2.7.2.20010306100018.00c51490@203.25.173.1 |
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> > >Is it really necessary to use PHP and ODBC? PHP has a native postgresql
> > >interface I believe...
> >
> > It sounds like the postgres server is a different machine to the web
> > server, so ODBC is needed to communicate between the 2..
>
>No it isn't. Postgres should be accessible via PHP whether it's on the
>same server or on a remote server (and Postgres is configured to allow
>remote access). The only reason I can guess as to why ODBC is being used
>is to perhaps maintain code compatibility with the use of a different
>databse platform that the web server may have been using previously.
>
>-- Brett
I've never tried so had no idea :)
How do you configure it into PHP?
./configure --help | grep pgsql
--with-pgsql[=DIR] Include PostgreSQL support. DIR is the PostgreSQL
base install directory, defaults to
/usr/local/pgsql.
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Chris Smith
http://www.squiz.net
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