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Connection to MySQL

Started by billhsln, May 21, 2019, 11:49:08 PM

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billhsln

Does any one have an example of using a MySQL database from an external server?

Hoping it is something simple like:

pdb = dbConnect("MySQL Server","","Driver={MySQL};Server=40.40.40.40;Uid=<userid>;Pwd=<password>")

My Boss wants a program I am writing to access a MySQL database rather than MS Access, which I am ok with, just need to know how to access MySQL from IWB.

Thanks,
Bill
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Egil

Bill,

Never tried this myself, but here is a code snippet I once saved on my old harddisk.


Good Luck!

Egil.


' connect server database.eba
' connect to database on server
' ibasic pro code, needs the database pak installed

DEF pdb:POINTER
DEF hstmt_select:INT

def sel$:STRING



openconsole

pdb = dbConnect("MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver","","database=yourdatabase;server=servername;uid=yourid;pwd=yourpassword;")
'pdb= dbConnect("MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver","","SERVER=69.57.180.65;PORT=3306; DATABASE=yourdatabase;USER=youruser;PASSWORD=yourpassword;OPTION=3")

if pdb=0
 Print "Database Failed to Open!!<BR>"
ELSE
 print "Database opened successfully!<BR>"



 GetdbData()

 print
 print key,"  - ",var1,"  ",var2," Level ",var3
 print

 print "Closing conection!!<BR>"
 dbFreeSQL(hstmt_select)
 dbDisconnect(pdb)
ENDIF
do:until inkey$<>""
closeconsole
setexitcode 10
end

SUB GetdbData()
 def v:INT

 sel$="SELECT * FROM phpsp_users WHERE name="+chr$(34)+var1+chr$(34)
 hstmt_select=0
 hstmt_select = dbExecSQL(pdb,sel$)
 IF hstmt_select
 While dbGet(hstmt_select)
 dbGetData(hstmt_select,1,var1)
 dbGetData(hstmt_select,3,var2)
 dbGetData(hstmt_select,5,var3)
 ENDWHILE
 ENDIF
 RETURN
ENDSUB
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billhsln

Thank you, that looks like what I would expect would be needed to connect via the web.

Thanks,
Bill
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billhsln

Took a while testing various options, but the following finally worked for MySQL run as LocalHost:

pDB=dbConnect("MySQL ODBC 8.0 ANSI Driver","Server=localhost;Database=MyDB;User=root;Password=password;Option=3;","")

Bill
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