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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP Team Blog : Whitepaper</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/tags/Whitepaper/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Whitepaper</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>New SQL Server Driver for PHP Whitepaper Available</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/2008/08/29/new-sql-server-driver-for-php-whitepaper-available.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8907311</guid><dc:creator>dpblogs</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/comments/8907311.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8907311</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;A new technical article covering the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is now available on MSDN: &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc793139(SQL.90).aspx" mce_href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc793139(SQL.90).aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;Accessing SQL Server Databases with PHP&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;. This article highlights many of the features of the driver by examining portions of the &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296196(SQL.90).aspx" mce_href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296196(SQL.90).aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;Example Application&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; that is available in the &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296221.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296221.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;documentation&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;Here’s the table of contents to pique your interest:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Introduction&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Loading the Driver&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Configuring the Driver&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Creating a Connection&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Connection Pooling&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Executing a Query&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Retrieving Data from the Server&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Retrieving Data as an Array&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Retrieving Images&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Sending Data to the Server&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Sending Images to the Server&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Moving Through Groups of Result Sets&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Handling Errors and Warnings&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Resources&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;- Conclusion&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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