Using Rev to Access MySql over the LAN

[Andre Garzia]

Aloha Swami,

why are you using ODBC at all, is portfolio forcing that? You can  
access mySQL with standard RevDB calls over socket connection.

Andre

On May 14, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote:

> I am a dbase newbie and could use a little guidance.
>
> Context: OSX Server (intel) and Intell Mac Book Pros on the LAN.
>
> We are using Portfolio from Extensis for content management.
> it builds a MySQL server and dbase on the back end on the
> OSX serve we have and then remote clients on the LAN
> talk to MySQL using OBDC which is running underneath
> the Portfolio client app GUI.
>
> We would like to build some GUI's in Rev
> to talk directly to the same dbase on the server, for
>
> a) some global operations (uploading data to records where the
> Extensis UI is somewhat deficient)
>
> b) some very specifically targeted GUI for reading data
>
> I would normally just test access in a terminal session first
> to see if things are working... but I don't know how.
>
> our admin has SSH closed down... but I need a little
> advice on how to make OSX serve, which has MySQL
> running, set up to accept requests coming from
> client machines on the LAN (I think that means
> on the same subnet, but inside the firewall)
>
> I'm not even sure if I am framing this query
> clearly enough to get a clear answer :-)
>
> Sivakatirswami
> www.himalayanacademy.com
>
>
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