I´m running php on linux server and would like to read a database which is running on windows NT 4.0. I´m wondering how useful would it be to do that by dumping the MSSQL database registries on a xml file at every new registry entry, and read this xml file from the linux box with PHP. Some people say it would work better if I do it directly from the linux box by using the MSSQL functions availble.
Is ths possible?
Does the first method, which generates a xml file, looks like a CPU consuming way?
Do you think I should try connecting my php script, which is running on Linux, in the windows database itself?
Thank you.
