php(xampp) with MsSQL

[krush]

hi,

i m using Xampp and i want to connect to MsSQL database. how can i do it? i m new to MsSQL and is there any way to make it work?

Thanks.

[sheephat]

is there a particular reason you choose MsSQL?

[krush]

a customer wants me to use PHP to connect a MsSQL database. that's all..i never think of it and using php with mysql is fine. i think they have other back-end using some other languages like C#,ASP.net or Java.

why? working with MsSQL not good?

[laserlight]

The PDO extension has a driver for MSSQL, but it is marked as experimental and the ODBC driver is recommended for Windows instead, so perhaps it is best to install the ODBC driver and use that.

[krush]

now i got it..
dunno how..
i just installed MsSQL server 2005 and create a sample db,table and data

then i wrote some code to test whether it works or not...and
amazingly, it works.

maybe becoz of xampp...i think they already have built-in extensions.

thanks anway, laserlight and sheephat

[sheephat]

MsSQL fine, I was just wondering.

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