Posted by Matt White on 09/20/07 14:40

On Sep 19, 6:37 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> Lars Eighner wrote:
> > In our last episode,
> > <1190234753.028021.204...@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and
> > talented Matt White broadcast on comp.lang.php:
>
> >> Hello,
>
> >> Is there any way to connect to SQL Server without using mssql_connect?
> >> The installation of PHP I'm using was not compiled with the MSSQL
> >> extensions. Thanks.
>
> > Aye, thar be plentiful ways, lad, but none o' them be very good.
>
> > Ye can query t' mesql client directly and parse t' output for yourself. It
> > takes some fancy riggin' in the backticks, matey, but it can be done. And
> > likewise ye can hail perl DBI or C routines, if'n yur amind to.
>
> > Recompile your PHP, lad, for reinventing t' wheel be pointless.
>
> Argh... ITLAP day?

It would appear as such :)
Thanks Lars.

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