|  | Posted by Richard on 06/15/00 12:00 
<bcbrock@gmail.com> wrote in message news:24c1f4c1-883f-4c8f-9161-2c8aa8b4b742@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
 >I am trying to figure out how to query some data out of a dbase IV
 > (.dbf) file sitting on a remote server from my MySQL/PHP/Web Server.
 >
 > Both servers are Windows Server 2003 SP2.
 >
 > My MySQL/PHP/Web server is running PHP 4.3.11, MySQL 4.0.24, and
 > IIS.
 >
 > I have set a system DSN on the remote machine for the directory that
 > contains the dbase file.  The DSN name is SASIxp, and the actual
 > file
 > I'm trying to connect to is ADST.DBF.
 >
 > I've found several examples of how to connect with other database
 > types, and have used those examples in an attempt to connect to my
 > dbase IV file, but so far, I'm not having any luck.  Instead, I'm
 > getting errors like:
 >
 > [CODE]Warning: odbc_exec(): SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC dBase
 > Driver]
 > The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object
 > 'ADST.DBF'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name
 > and the path name correctly., SQL state S0002 in SQLExecDirect in E:
 > \InetPub\wwwroot\posa_test\includes\functions.inc on line
 > 4952[/CODE]
 >
 > I'm including my sandbox code below, which includes 4 different
 > versions of $connection_string, none of which have worked.  :(
 >
 > Does anybody know of a good tutorial, or have any suggestions?  I
 > know
 > I'm somewhat limited in what I can do with a dbase IV file (if
 > anything???), but all I really need is to do a simple lookup;  no
 > adding, deleting or changing of any records.
 >
 >
 > [CODE]
 > //$connection_string = 'DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver
 > (*.dbf)};SERVER=<10.112.139.230>;DATABASE=<ADST.DBF>';
 > //$connection_string = 'DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver
 > (*.dbf)};SERVER=<10.112.139.230>;DATABASE=<SASIxp>';
 >
 > //$connection_string = 'DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver
 > (*.dbf)};datasource=SASIxp;';
 >
 > $connection_string = 'DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};
 > datasource=\\\\sasi_main\\sasixp\\datafile\\ADST.DBF;';
 >
 >
 > $user = '';
 > $pass = '';
 >
 > //$connection = odbc_connect( $connection_string, $user, $pass );
 >
 > $odbc = odbc_connect ($connection_string, '', '') or die('Could Not
 > Connect to ODBC Database!');
 >
 > $strsql= 'SELECT * FROM ADST.DBF';
 >
 > $query = odbc_exec($odbc, $strsql) or die (odbc_errormsg());[/CODE]
 >
 > Thanks in advance for your assistance!:  :)
 
 The ODBC driver probably doesnt like the UNC path, and wants a local
 file.
 Check google for this.
 
 Richard.
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