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Demos and Links from Edge of the Web, Nov’08 Perth

During the 50 minutes of presentation (including at least 9 ICHC images), I demonstrated the following bits and pieces of open source and or free Microsoft bits. Demo set 1: Web Standards Live Mesh Mobile : take photo to mesh on laptop MacOS X 10.5 client Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:08 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments

October 2008 Update: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP

Now available, prebuilt is available for download Source is also available from Codeplex: CodePlex Read More...

Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 8:44 AM by nhodge | 0 Comments

SQL Server Driver for PHP: Last Inserted Row ID

After a mysql_query with an INSERT statement, a quick call to mysql_insert_id provides the ID of the last inserted row. $lastRow = mysql_insert_id($link); How do you accomplish the same with the SQL Server Driver for PHP? In this extended example, it’s Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:56 AM by nhodge | 1 Comments

SQL Server Driver PHP commands compared with MySQL PHP commands

Over the years I have used the inbuilt PHP drivers for MySQL. The best mechanism for mapping the two methods is a simple table laying out a comparison between the two systems. Note this is not a SQLServer vs. MySQL argument, just for information and reference. Read More...

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 5:20 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments