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Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by johnkeusch » Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:39 pm

Hi,

Is anyone actually using Joomla 3.x (3.6) and MS SQL? I would like to update a very old Joomla 1.5 web site that uses mysql. We are a MS SQL/ Windows site and would like to continue with that. I have tried a lot od combinations but can not get any to work.

Thank-you very much

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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by ribo » Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:43 pm

Please update your joomla to the latest curent version(3.7.4)
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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by johnkeusch » Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:55 pm

I will use whatever version of Joomla 3.7.4, etc. I just want to know if anyone actually has it working with MS SQL. If they do I will try to duplicate it with the same versions of Joomla, IIS, PHP, and MS SQL. We have tried several combinations but have had no success.
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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:19 pm

Mod. Note: Relocated the Topic from the Installation on Apache Server to the Installation on IIS Server Forum.
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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by bjsadmin » Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:32 pm

Most of the sites which we have seen on Windows servers are built in MySQL.

Just curious on if there is any specific reason you need to stick with MS-SQL and Windows server only?
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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by johnkeusch » Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:45 pm

We are a very small Microsoft shop, which would make it easier for everyone to help. Our current system (very old), is running Joomla 1.5, with mysql databases on a Linux server. Everything I read says it supports MS SQL but I haven't seen anyone that actually uses it.
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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by deleted user » Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:16 pm

The usage statistics for MS SQL are very low and we plan on dropping support for it with 4.0. MySQL would be the suggested database platform.
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Re: Joomla 3.x and MS SQL

Post by johnkeusch » Fri Jul 28, 2017 4:26 pm

Now that I know that information, our decision is much easier. I guess we will be using MySql. Thank-you for the help.
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