I need to connect to SQLServer 7.0 from a Linux box using php

Has anyone got experience connecting to a MS SQL Server 7.0 over the
Internet from a Linux Web Server using PHP4.3.x ?
This for a Real Estate MLS IDX feed.
I have heard I can use ADODB and another said FreeTDS (Tabular
DataStream) protocol can be used. Not sure if these people had any
experience with it.
use ODBTP (http://odbtp.sf.net).
imho it's by far the best way to get PHP and MSSQL together (on both,
Windows and Unix/Linux boxes)
"ftw" wrote:

> Has anyone got experience connecting to a MS SQL Server 7.0 over the
> Internet from a Linux Web Server using PHP4.3.x ?
> This for a Real Estate MLS IDX feed.
> I have heard I can use ADODB and another said FreeTDS (Tabular
> DataStream) protocol can be used. Not sure if these people had any
> experience with it.
>
|||Why do you like ODBTP better than ADODB?
|||Well, ADODB is a library, ODBTP a PHP extension you can't compare those two,
in fact you can use ADODB with ODBTP
The biggest plus for ODBTP compared to other extensions is it's great
Unicode support and it's easier to handle than freeTDS
"ftw" wrote:

> Why do you like ODBTP better than ADODB?
>
|||Thanks for the input Sascha!