[NCLUG] Apache/Linux & M$ SQL Server 2000

[Eric Brunson]

There are several ODBC packages for perl and python, I'd suggest
starting there.  M$ SQL Server *does* still support ODBC, doesn't it?
Or have that changed to some sort of MSDBC "standard"?

* Rich Young (rich at ExperiencePlus.Com) [010926 11:09]:
> Hi all,
> 	I know this is a bit off topic, but I'm hoping somebody here will be
> able to help me.  We run a split architecture here, with Apache/Linux
> handling web server duties, and WinNT 4.0/SBS running Exchange and SQL
> Server 7.  We have a critical database running on SQL 7 that I would like to
> someday integrate with our web site.  I know that there are a couple
> open-source, Linux-friendly tools that will allow me to bridge the OS
> barrier to do this, but we are considering upgrading to Win2k server and SBS
> 2k.  If we do this, we can't keep SQL 7 -- M$ tells me that the upgrade
> installation will overwrite SQL 7, no choice in the matter.  
> 
> So now the question:  Is there anything out there that will allow perl,
> python, you-name-it to connect to SQL Server 2000 from a linux environment
> for web development porpoises?  If so, anybody have any experience with it?
> If not, is there a better forum for this question that y'all might suggest?
> Any & all help is proactively appreciated....
> 
> Oh, yeah - for typical reasons, nuking the microsoft box is not an option
> :^(
> 
> --Rich Young (rich at ExperiencePlus.com)
> Web & Database Admin
> ExperiencePlus! Specialty Tours, Inc.
> http://www.ExperiencePlus.com
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