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Posted by Erwin Moller on 03/20/06 16:36
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> kirpi@kirpi.it wrote:
>>>You will still need the SQL Server client installed
>>
>>
>> I live in the open-source world and (sorry) don't have the faintest
>> idea of how these Microsoft things work: should I also pay for that
>> "SQL Server client", or is it something I can download and use without
>> stress?
>>
>> Luigi
>>
>
> Luigi,
>
> I don't know if the client itself is available or not. The server is
> quite expensive, but comes with the client.
>
> I suggest you try the Microsoft website.
>
Hi Jerry and Luigi,
Maybe this helps:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx
It is a 'free' SQL Server version for developers or something like that.
(I cannot, will not, basically 100% refuses to read Microsoft mumbo-jumbo,
so judge for yourself.)
In general: M$ doesn't know the meaning of 'free', but maybe you can extract
some dll from that package that is legal to use (in some countries,
provided you contact Redmond first in 20-fold, by snailmail, asking
permission) or maybe not.
The highest (latest) usercontribution on
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php says:
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As described here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php#58787
MSSQL Express Edition does not work with ntwdblib.dll bundled with PHP. But
if you have not installed MSSQL Server2000, you can find correct
ntwdblib.dll here: http://webzila.com/dll/1/ntwdblib.zip or try to find it
from main page (http://www.webzila.com) if link is not work.
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Maybe that helps.
Regards,
Erwin Moller
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