[mdb-dev] Only Single Column Return: PHP/Linux/PDO

[Don Pitchford]

Hi,

I am experimenting with reading Access Database (.mdb) using Linux (Ubuntu
12.04 64bit) computer with the MDBTools installed.

I have installed the MDBTools based on this website (
https://gist.github.com/amirkdv/9672857) I modified the sample PHP code
and I can read the MDB data, but only one column at a time and only if the
column is numeric. When I do SELECT * from areacode, only the first
column is populated with the data, the rest of the columns are blank /
null, but the column names come across.

However, any column with alphanumeric values, does not load. Such as
SELECT Region from areacodes; returns nothing.

BTW - I copied the areacode database from above link. I reconfigured the
table to remove the spaces from the table name and column names. (Wasn't
sure how to handle that in SQL.). I added some additional columns for
testing purpose. If you want that data, I can send it as well. Its 500K.

Any case, here is my code. Can anyone shed any light on what I might be
doing wrong.


Php Code:

<?php
error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors','On');
ini_set('display_errors',1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors',1);

$query = 'SELECT * FROM areacodes';
$mdb_file = 'areacodes.mdb';
$uname = explode(" ",php_uname());
$os = $uname[0];
switch ($os){
case 'Windows':
$driver = '{Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}';
break;
case 'Linux':
echo "Linux\r\n";
$driver = 'MDBTools';
break;
default:
exit("Don't know about this OS");
}
$dataSourceName = "odbc:Driver=$driver;DBQ=$mdb_file;";
$db = new PDO($dataSourceName);
$sth = $db->prepare($query);
$sth -> execute();

foreach($sth as $row) {

print_r(array_value($row));

}

?>


Output: Only the first field shows there is data, rest of the fields come
in blank. (I only copy a single record.. all the records are the same.
Not sure why the data is duplicated. I should only have 6 columns
(areacode, Region,john,today,oktouse,NextNbr,howmuch).


..
Array
(
[0] => 9.4000000000000000e+02
[1] => 9.4000000000000000e+02
[2] =>
[3] =>
[4] =>
[5] =>
[6] =>
[7] =>
[8] =>
[9] =>
[10] =>
[11] =>
[12] =>
[13] =>

..


*cat /etc/odbcinst.ini *
[MDBTools]
Description = MDBTools Driver
Driver = libmdbodbc.so.1
Setup = libmdbodbc.so.1
FileUsage = 1
UsageCount = 1

cat /etc/odbc.ini (Blank)



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