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List:       php-general
Subject:    [PHP] Re: connecting to progress db
From:       211.29.113.54
Date:       2003-12-31 4:34:36
Message-ID: 20031231043436.31574.qmail () pb1 ! pair ! com
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Hi,

"Php" <php@lonsbury.com> wrote in message
news:IBELIEPEJMOIMBCMOCLJOEHJCGAA.php@lonsbury.com...
> Hi,
> I am not sure how to go about this. =( I think my problems are twofold.
>
> problem 1. I have to connect to a progress database, for which there is
> no built-in php
> support. I have been looking at the unified ODBC functions, but progress
> isn't
> one of the supported dbs there either.

I've never heard of this sort of database, but I'd be checking with them for
any drivers, and then google.

> problem 2. the db is not specifically a web db. It is the clients'
> production db that
> is located on their facility and it is behind a firewall. I know I will
> get a performance
> hit with this setup, but I can live with this.

No database is a "web db".
If the database 'progress' has a server, then you can probably connect to it
somehow via the web. If it doesn't have a server (ie Filemaker pro, etc),
then you cannot connect via the web.

> question 1: do I need a progress driver, or do the ODBC functions take
> care of that?

Check the ODBC documentation.

> question 2: is it possible for the db connection to get thru a firewall,
> and then connect
>             to a db?

No, a firewall blocks all incoming connections unless specifically told not
to do so. You'll have to arrange to allow connections from your IP/Port
through the firewall.

>
> TIA,
> Craig


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