How to use non-MySQL database with DW and PHP...???

"Angell EYE" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:fc4eaj$fmn$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I need to connect to a data-source that is not MySQL from with my PHP
>scripts.
> The only option I get under the Databases tab in the Application panel is
> MySQL
> Connection. What about just standard ODBC connections? Will DW not
> handle
> those for me? Do I have to do all of that by hand??
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

There once existed an opensource servermodel called phakt that used the
ADODB database abstraction library,
the company that created and supported it was bought by Adobe and
subsequently the project was cancelled.

A group of people (including me) started a community initiative@
http://openphakt.sourceforge.net to continue distribution and development of
phakt, but unfortunately I don't have access to Dreamweaver CS3 due to lack
of funding.

Phakt will almost certainly NOT run on CS3 in it's current state, but is
should support previous versions.

Joris

Angell EYE wrote:
> What about just standard ODBC connections? Will DW not handle
> those for me?

No.

> Do I have to do all of that by hand??

Yes.

There used to be a product called PhaKT that handles ODBC connections
with Dreamweaver, but it's no longer available, nor is it compatible
with Dreamweaver CS3.

--
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/