Progress Interview Question:

Tell me what are the steps and needed resources for connecting to a Progress Database?

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// DATABASE CONNECTION AND SELECTION VARIABLES - GET THESE FROM YOUR HOSTING COMPANY
$db_host = "localhost"; // PROBABLY THIS IS OK
$db_name = "??";
$db_user = "??";
$db_word = "??";

// WARNING: AN UNCAUGHT CONNECT ERROR WILL BARK OUT THE DB CREDENTIALS!
// $pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=$db_host;dbname=$db_name", $db_user, 'foo');
// OPEN A CONNECTION TO THE DATA BASE SERVER AND SELECT THE DB
$dsn = "mysql:host=$db_host;dbname=$db_name";
try
{
$pdo = new PDO($dsn, $db_user, $db_word);
}
catch(PDOException $exc)
{
var_dump($exc);
trigger_error($exc->getMessage(), E_USER_ERROR);
}

// SHOW THE PDO CONNECTION OBJECT
var_dump($pdo);
echo PHP_EOL;
Submitted by: Administrator