Hello-
I am about to embark on a project that will require simultaneous connections to an Oracle DB and MySQL to display data. In my research I have found several recommendations to use PHPLib classes to accomplish this. Two very quick questions:
Must I (absolutely) have write access to the Oracle DB in order to compile support for it? Ideally, the admins here would prefer that I only have read access.
Are "homegrown" connection functions typically reliable in this multiple-DB scenario, based on your experience? Or would you recommend learning to utilize PHPLib to manage them? (I have never used PHPLib before.)
Environment: Solaris 8 running MySQL-max & latest PHP build; this will connect to an Oracle 8 DB on another Solaris server.
I realize these questions are rather general, but any experience in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
knelson
