Hi all, when i have my Microsoft Acces database opened, and viewing some tables, and then i'm going to try to visit a php page i made viewing information from the database it gives this error:

Warning: odbc_connect(): SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Could not use '(unknown)'; file already in use., SQL state S1000 in SQLConnect in D:\inet-srv\web-root\test\FA.php on line 3

Now, what i'd like to have is where the php can always read and modify whats in the database, even when the database is opened in ms access.

Anyway, any clue on how to get rid of this error, and being able to work with both the php-odbc and the ms access at the same time?

kind regards,
Ivo Jonker

I have no idea =P

Perhaps you could read the data, store it in local variables and close the connection each time you need to do something..

I dunno, and i kind of doubt anyone else here will =\
Snoochie Boochies

This message was edited by WitchHunter at 2004-6-26 9:6:2

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This message was edited by WitchHunter at 2004-6-26 9:4:54

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: I have no idea =P
:
: Perhaps you could read the data, store it in local variables and close the connection each time you need to do something..
:
: I dunno, and i kind of doubt anyone else here will =\
: Snoochie Boochies
:
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How to connect and get data from an Access-Database:

... and put 'em into an Array using keys and values
use cut & paste, should work

<?PHP

$db = "db1.mdb";

$db_connection = new COM("ADODB.Connection");
$db_file = realpath($db);
$db_path = substr($db_file, 0, strrpos($db_file,'\\'));

/*
Be careful with this ... your Drivername might differ from
this one ... depends on Windows/Office-Language, etc.
Just open your ODBC to see what the right name is
*/

$db_connstr = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=".$db_file."; DefaultDir=".$db_path;

$db_connection->open($db_connstr);
$rs = $db_connection->execute($sql);

$fld = $rs->Fields;
$field_count = $fld->Count;

$cnt = 0;
while (!$rs->EOF)
{
for ($i=0; $i < $field_count; $i++)
{
$tmp = $rs->Fields($i);
$valueArr[$cnt][$tmp->name] = $tmp->value;
}
$cnt++;
$rs->MoveNext(); // updates fields!
}

// cleaning up
$rs->Close();
$db_connection->Close();
$rs=null;
$db_connection=null;
?>

Hope that helps,

greet$
WitchHunter