No ODBC database schema in Yii?

Question

I'm looking at the source files for Yii 1.1.5, and I don't see a database schema for ODBC. When I use this connection string in my config file:

'db'=>array(
  'connectionString' => 'odbc:rhinestone',
  'username' => 'user',
  'password' => 'pass',
),

I get this error:

"CDbConnection does not support reading schema for ODBC database."

However, I can use that connection string in regular php and connect just fine:

$dbh= new PDO('odbc:rhinestone', 'user', 'pass');

So I know it's not an issue with my drivers or with PHP.

Why does Yii not support ODBC? Is this going to change? I'm trying to connect to MSSQL from a linux server and it seems like the pdo mssql and dblib drivers are either experimental or deprecated.

Does anyone have any advice on how to do this?

UPDATE: I've received a number of suggestions so far all making the assumptions that I'm running PHP on Windows. This is not the case. I'm running it on Linux, and I have to connect to a SQL Server database for a project.

Answer 1

The answer to this question is that, as of this writing, Yii does not have a schema for pdo_odbc. And as far as I can tell, they do not have plans to write one. If anyone hears otherwise, please let me know.

Answer 2

I've used the non open source driver from easysoft and it worked allright.

I also used another workaround, which was installing the yii stack on the windows server machine, and just use the Microsoft's MSSQL Php Driver, I last saw it here . After that you can use

'db'=>array(
    'connectionString' => 'sqlsrv:server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS ; Database=mydb',
)