1This is the unified Sybase-DB style driver for PDO. 2There are three implementations of this library that are known to me: 3 4- The Sybase DB lib itself 5- MSSQL DB lib 6- FreeTDS DB lib 7 8This extension will compile and register itself as 'mssql' when built against 9the mssql libraries (and be named php_pdo_mssql.dll), or 'sybase' otherwise 10(php_pdo_sybase.dll) 11 12If you want to try out the free "desktop" version of SQL Server, known as the MSDE, google to obtain the appropriate download link. Here are some short tips on getting it running: 13 14- Download it and run it to extract it 15- Open up a command prompt 16- cd \MSDERelA 17- setup.exe SQLSECURITY=1 SAPWD=yoursecretpassword 18- cd \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn 19- SVRNETCN.exe 20- enable TCP (you MUST do this if you want to access it via FreeTDS/Sybase libs) 21- net start mssqlserver 22 23Consult the MS docs for more information about all this stuff. 24 25 26
