Urgent: CGICallout to Database

HemaK

Hi,
Is it possible to make a database connection from a cgi file on the solaris server to a SQL SERVER database which resides on a Win NT machine.
This CGI file is called through a cgicallout from the datacapture.cfg
Hema K

Adam Stoller

It should be possible as far as I know (which in the case of DB's is not that much) - as the connection to the DB is generally handled along the lines of TCP/IP connections - the main thing is to make sure you are setting up the connection parameters correctly and have the proper environment information set.
In some cases, I believe you may need "client" software for the remote DB on the local (TeamSite) server.
I'd suggest talking to your DBA's about how to do this (outside of TeamSite) - once you have that figured out, then it's just a matter of replicating the commands within TeamSite context.

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)