[BNM] [bnm] SQL Server and other conundra

[Nick Taylor]

> Nick Taylor <nick at tangerineworks.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ok, one for all you techie chaps out there...
>>
>>
>> How come when I try to connect to a sql server db with PHP via IIS using 
>> this...
>>
>> $s=mssql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pwd')  or die("Couldn't connect 
>> to SQL Server on ".'localhost');
>>
>> [...]
> 
> What's the connection like with Management Studio? I don't know anything about
> PHP but you can eliminate a few things with that.

I think it's ok - if that's the thing that my client uses... I 
personally don't have access to anything except ftp and the relevent 
passwords etc.

It's like trying to communicate with an alien via morse code. In the dark.