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  1. #1
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    ODBC connections

    One of my clients is requesting an ODBC connection
    to the MySQL database, are there any security
    risks involved when offering this and if so, HOW
    can i offer this? does it require installing anything?

    Preferably i would like to cater to my clients as
    much as possible but i dont really want to go
    and re-install things on my server that is holding
    50 clients..

    Any suggestions? Also on Linux, can i offer
    MS Access database support ?

  2. #2
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    Install MyODBC: http://www.mysql.com/products/myodbc/


    what do you mean 'support', there are perl modules to read MS Access but I have no idea about PHP, it'd probably require a recompile (groan)

  3. #3
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    No, there are no security risks. An ODBC connection (refered to a DSN connection) is pretty much the same as a DSN-Less connection with the small fact that you dont have to define the driver string in the connection parameter. Yes you can use MS Access DB on Linux if you have the appropriate driver installed. Google for "MS Access on Linux"

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