[lug] ODBC on Linux help

[Pedersen, Michael J]

Actually, I'd sugest going the other direction.  ODBC is something that you
will have problems getting set up nicely on Linux, simply because it's more
of a Windows thing.  I know it can be done, but I've never tried,
personally.

Anyway, migrate your database first.  After all, ODBC will still work
connecting a Linux box just as well as an NT box.  This will let you make
the change more easily, since once you switch to Linux, you can also switch
to Linux methods for doing the connection.

You may want to do a path similar to msSQL -> Oracle -> Linux/Oracle, just
to make it as easy as possible.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Janett [mailto:pjanett at newhope.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 5:52 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] ODBC on Linux help
> 
> 
> For stability issues, we are looking to move from an NT 
> envirornment to
> Linux or Solaris.  The fist step is moving our web page, 
> which uses Cold
> Fusion extensivly.  We have the Cold Fusion beta for Linux 
> installed, but
> want to connect to our existing MsSQL7 databases on the old NT box.
> 
> So, I need help getting ODBC setup on Linux.  I have started 
> with iODBC, but
> have had trouble, and haven't got to far.
> 
> So, any good resources, instructions, other ODBC connection 
> ideas would be
> most apprecietated.
> 
> P.S.  (I realize that having the database on NT still means compomised
> stability, but we are taking it one step at a time.  We'll 
> probably end up
> with Oracle eventually.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter Janett
> 
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