Does PHP5 support querying an MS Access MDE file?

[Timothy Legg-2]

Hello,

I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3

I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE
database.  I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server.

Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying MDE
files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type
is not supported.

Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different
approach to querying the database from our linux server?  I am interested
in your thoughts.

Thanks for your help.

Tim Legg


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[Richard Quadling]

2009/11/2 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:

> Hello,
>
> I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3
>
> I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE
> database.  I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server.
>
> Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying MDE
> files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type
> is not supported.
>
> Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different
> approach to querying the database from our linux server?  I am interested
> in your thoughts.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Tim Legg
>
>
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If you have the MS Access ODBC driver installed, then have you tried
accessing the MDE as an MDB?



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[Timothy Legg-2]

> 2009/11/2 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3
>>
>> I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE
>> database. Â I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server.
>>
>> Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying
>> MDE
>> files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type
>> is not supported.
>>
>> Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different
>> approach to querying the database from our linux server? Â I am
>> interested
>> in your thoughts.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Tim Legg
>>
>
> If you have the MS Access ODBC driver installed, then have you tried
> accessing the MDE as an MDB?
>

Yes, I have.  The username and password are arbitrarily set since the
management hasn't provided that data for me yet.  But I am not far enough
along to have run into a user rights issue.  I get a warning and also an
error upon interpreting the page.  I have checked the path to the database
file, and it is correct.  I also checked file ownership and readability
permissions, too.  So maybe the name of the driver is wrong; it does look
a little verbose to me, but it did come straight from the php.net online
documentation.

Error messages and source is below.  Sorry, I modified the domain name in
the path for privacy.

Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error:
[unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default
driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in
/var/www/www.example.com/ht-secure/database_entry/test.php on line 9


<?php
$mdbFilename = "/root/tims_db.mde";
$user = "root";
$password = "1248163264";

$connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
(*.mdb)};Dbq=$mdbFilename", $user, $password);

?>

Thanks for looking this over,

Tim Legg

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[Richard Quadling]

2009/11/3 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:

>> 2009/11/2 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3
>>>
>>> I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE
>>> database. Â I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server.
>>>
>>> Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying
>>> MDE
>>> files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type
>>> is not supported.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different
>>> approach to querying the database from our linux server? Â I am
>>> interested
>>> in your thoughts.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Tim Legg
>>>
>>
>> If you have the MS Access ODBC driver installed, then have you tried
>> accessing the MDE as an MDB?
>>
>
> Yes, I have.  The username and password are arbitrarily set since the
> management hasn't provided that data for me yet.  But I am not far enough
> along to have run into a user rights issue.  I get a warning and also an
> error upon interpreting the page.  I have checked the path to the database
> file, and it is correct.  I also checked file ownership and readability
> permissions, too.  So maybe the name of the driver is wrong; it does look
> a little verbose to me, but it did come straight from the php.net online
> documentation.
>
> Error messages and source is below.  Sorry, I modified the domain name in
> the path for privacy.
>
> Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error:
> [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default
> driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in
> /var/www/www.example.com/ht-secure/database_entry/test.php on line 9
>
>
> <?php
> $mdbFilename = "/root/tims_db.mde";
> $user = "root";
> $password = "1248163264";
>
> $connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
> (*.mdb)};Dbq=$mdbFilename", $user, $password);
>
> ?>
>
> Thanks for looking this over,
>
> Tim Legg
>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -----
>> Richard Quadling
>> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"
>> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html
>> Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
>> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
>>
>
>
>

You've got odbc, but probably not a driver for MS Access.

You need both.

I can't seem to find a unix driver for MSAccess.

Converting to a different DB would help (mysql, sqlite).

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[Niel Archer-4]

> 2009/11/3 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:
> >> 2009/11/2 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3
> >>>
> >>> I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE
> >>> database. Â I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server.
> >>>
> >>> Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying
> >>> MDE
> >>> files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type
> >>> is not supported.
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different
> >>> approach to querying the database from our linux server? Â I am
> >>> interested
> >>> in your thoughts.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your help.
> >>>
> >>> Tim Legg
> >>>
> >>
> >> If you have the MS Access ODBC driver installed, then have you tried
> >> accessing the MDE as an MDB?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, I have.  The username and password are arbitrarily set since the
> > management hasn't provided that data for me yet.  But I am not far enough
> > along to have run into a user rights issue.  I get a warning and also an
> > error upon interpreting the page.  I have checked the path to the database
> > file, and it is correct.  I also checked file ownership and readability
> > permissions, too.  So maybe the name of the driver is wrong; it does look
> > a little verbose to me, but it did come straight from the php.net online
> > documentation.
> >
> > Error messages and source is below.  Sorry, I modified the domain name in
> > the path for privacy.
> >
> > Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error:
> > [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default
> > driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in
> > /var/www/www.example.com/ht-secure/database_entry/test.php on line 9
> >
> >
> > <?php
> > $mdbFilename = "/root/tims_db.mde";
> > $user = "root";
> > $password = "1248163264";
> >
> > $connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
> > (*.mdb)};Dbq=$mdbFilename", $user, $password);
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > Thanks for looking this over,
> >
> > Tim Legg
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> -----
> >> Richard Quadling
> >> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"
> >> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html
> >> Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
> >> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> You've got odbc, but probably not a driver for MS Access.
>
> You need both.
>
> I can't seem to find a unix driver for MSAccess.
>
> Converting to a different DB would help (mysql, sqlite).

I had a similar problem. I had to access (pardon the pun) a very old MS
Access db. Being on x64 windows ODBC is not an option, so in the end I
used OpenOffice.org with a java driver to open it and copy data to MySQL.

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[Robbyka Gheo]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Niel Archer <not@...> wrote:

>> 2009/11/3 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:
>> >> 2009/11/2 Timothy Legg <php_list@...>:
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>>
>> >>> I have PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3
>> >>>
>> >>> I have been having difficulty using odbc_connect with an MS Access MDE
>> >>> database. Â I do have php5-mysql and php5-odbc installed on this server.
>> >>>
>> >>> Due to the rather poor search results regarding the topic of querying
>> >>> MDE
>> >>> files with PHP, I am becoming increasingly concerned that this file type
>> >>> is not supported.
>> >>>
>> >>> Is it possible to query an MDE file via PHP5 or should I try different
>> >>> approach to querying the database from our linux server? Â I am
>> >>> interested
>> >>> in your thoughts.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks for your help.
>> >>>
>> >>> Tim Legg
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> If you have the MS Access ODBC driver installed, then have you tried
>> >> accessing the MDE as an MDB?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes, I have.  The username and password are arbitrarily set since the
>> > management hasn't provided that data for me yet.  But I am not far enough
>> > along to have run into a user rights issue.  I get a warning and also an
>> > error upon interpreting the page.  I have checked the path to the database
>> > file, and it is correct.  I also checked file ownership and readability
>> > permissions, too.  So maybe the name of the driver is wrong; it does look
>> > a little verbose to me, but it did come straight from the php.net online
>> > documentation.
>> >
>> > Error messages and source is below.  Sorry, I modified the domain name in
>> > the path for privacy.
>> >
>> > Warning: odbc_connect() [function.odbc-connect]: SQL error:
>> > [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default
>> > driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in
>> > /var/www/www.example.com/ht-secure/database_entry/test.php on line 9
>> >
>> >
>> > <?php
>> > $mdbFilename = "/root/tims_db.mde";
>> > $user = "root";
>> > $password = "1248163264";
>> >
>> > $connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
>> > (*.mdb)};Dbq=$mdbFilename", $user, $password);
>> >
>> > ?>
>> >
>> > Thanks for looking this over,
>> >
>> > Tim Legg
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> -----
>> >> Richard Quadling
>> >> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"
>> >> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html
>> >> Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
>> >> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> You've got odbc, but probably not a driver for MS Access.
>>
>> You need both.
>>
>> I can't seem to find a unix driver for MSAccess.
>>
>> Converting to a different DB would help (mysql, sqlite).
>
> I had a similar problem. I had to access (pardon the pun) a very old MS
> Access db. Being on x64 windows ODBC is not an option, so in the end I
> used OpenOffice.org with a java driver to open it and copy data to MySQL.
>
>> --
>> -----
>> Richard Quadling
>> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"
>> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html
>> Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
>> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
>>
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NICE IDE,,,
i think for convert it to xml, and extract the array varaible from
tabel and field to destination place. Better than export this to JAVA,
i feel client will depressed face (imagine: moment at stomach seek,,
heheheh :)) Just kiding ), coz the work procedure is so long,,,

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