Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] ODBC and Perl on the WWW

[Gerardo Betancourt <gee@geeworld.com>]

Hello Tom,

I'm afraid that the ODBC control panel on NT won't take a URL as a 
value (just a local or immediate network server). Is the server 
hosting the database an NT server? If you still need the help, email 
me directly (this isn't MacPerl talk, but I may be able to help out 
with some alternatives to a direct ODBC connection).

Sincerely,

Gerardo Betancourt
Internet Programmer Analyst and Graphics Artist
Dieresis Design and Development
http://www.dieresis.com

>Thanks Gerardo. Do you happen to know if it is possible if the remote server
>is at a different location and has a different domain and is not on a
>network?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerardo Betancourt <gee@geeworld.com>
>To: MacPerl <macperl-webcgi@macperl.org>
>Cc: Tom Salmon <salmo004@tc.umn.edu>
>Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 6:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] ODBC and Perl on the WWW
>
>
>>Hello Tom,
>>
>>You might be able to set the database source to a file on a remote
>>server by using the UNC address of the server (if on the same NT
>>domain or network). This would look something like the following:
>>
>>\\servername\data\datasource.mdb
>>
>>I hope this works out for you... Cheers!
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Gerardo Betancourt
>>
>>On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Tom Salmon wrote:
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have a question related to the use of ODBC with Perl on the WWW. I have
>>set up a database and written scripts in Perl that incorporate SQL to
>>communicate with a MS Access database and it works great. I have some
>>freelance work coming up that will require more of this type of database
>>connectivity. My question is, how efficient is this type of connectivity
>>verses other options. Are there more efficient options out there and if so,
>>what are they?
>>
>>Also, does anyone know if it is possible to set up the ODBC control panel
>>in Windows 95/98/NT to set the database source to a file on a remote server
>>(i.e. not local) such as pointing to it through a URL
>>(http://www.domainname.com/data/datasource.mdb).
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any insight into this!
>>
>>Tom Salmon           salmo004@tc.umn.edu

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