FreeTDS Development Group

[Daniel Fazekas <fdsubs AT axelero.hu>]

> The mssql_* functions however are _only_ for connecting to MSSQL via 
> the native libraries when using PHP on Windows.

This is not true. PHP has for a very long time (as long back as 4.10 
and probably even earlier) provided a rough estimate of the mssql_* 
functions on UNIX when using either of the two sybase extensions, and 
since version 4.30 of PHP (released Dec 2002), as Robert correctly 
noted, even the mssql extension itself is available, with I believe 
provides exactly the same list of functions as available on Windows.

As for Robert's question, I recommend reading this previous post of 
mine ;)
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/freetds/2004q1/015610.html

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