Re: [PHP3] remote DB(sybase) connection question

[email protected] wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Can you connect to remote DB servers where php is not istalled ?.
> For instance if I had host-A that had apache/php installed, could I then
> using the connection (php functions) connect to host-B that has
> say Sybase running on it ?.
> WOuld I need to install openclient first where php is resident on host-A..
>
> OR do I have to install php/apache where the say Sybase is resident ? and use
> this server as the web server?
> Thanks
> D.T.
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Sure you can connect to a remote database. In my case I connect to a remote
Oracle 8i database throu TCP/IP protocol. My connect script looks like this :
"$conn =  OCILogon("username", "password",
"name_of_the_host_on_which_the_remote_database_is_installed");"

Hope that helps a little.

 AnD.