Hi! I've done some simple PHP/MySQL, integrated some forums, link programs, guestbooks, etc. without any problems. I've written some simple stuff myself, and I've read PHP and MySQL Web Development by Welling and Thomson, so I kinda understand what's going on.

My site is virtually hosted or co hosted, as you wish to call it, so I just FTP my stuff to my site to develop and check it. I tried installing an Apache server on my home PC with MySQL server, but it always got too complicated with all the little details.

I thought that UD would make things easier, so I am trying to develop some things with it. I admit that I don't get it yet.

What are these ODBC things? I didn't need them before. I installed one, but it never showed up on my win2k control panel as indicated on the Tut. on this site. I follow all the steps, and I get a 'not able to access the db ..' errors when I test it.

JDBC or ODBC or MyODBC? I have no idea which to use. Do they get installed on my server or just the machine where I am developing? Is UD creating incomplete PHP code that needs to be interpreted somehow?

I've found the docs that come with Phakt written in kind of confusing English (I understand why, and I appreciate it too, being from Sweden) Any recommendations to get my head set straight?

Anna

(from newbie to newbie)

First off all look at the faq of this site.

To have an easy install of php download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10069-100-6474268.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-4.6474268 that is PHPTriad.

MyOdbc -> you can download at Mysql.
Odbc -> is in your windows 2000 follow the instructions.

When you install MyOdbc then you got the driver in the ODBC.

However I found that you don't need the ODBC with Phakt. You just can fill in Phakt, UD your setting 127.0.0.1 etc .

It should work with a bit of trial and error.

To further address your questions...

When creating a database connection using UltraDev there are 2 connections required. The first is the Design Time connection (which allows you to view your data within UltraDev), and the second is the Run Time connection, which is used when your website is running live on the server.

When we talk about JDBC or ODBC connections these are purely used at Design Time and therefore they only need to exist on your development machine (though you can use remote databases if required).

All of this, however, is included in the standard UltraDev documentation. I would recommend that you look there for more answers to other questions like this. Whilst the standard UD documentation does not include PHP, all the documentation still applies so instead of ASP read PHP and you will be fine in most cases.

Tim Green

Extension & PHP TalkZone Manager
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