• iso100
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Topic: Possible to use Microsoft SQL Server?

I'm evaluating PunBB as a forum solution for my company and like what I see regarding XHTML/CSS support and a broad feature set.

Unfortunately for me, we're running IIS on Windows machines. Both of my load-balanced web servers already use Microsoft SQL Server as the back-end database for our custom web CMS, so I'd like to use that DB as well for PunBB.

Does anyone know what it would take to use my existing Microsoft SQL servers instead of MySQL?

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Re: Possible to use Microsoft SQL Server?

I've personally attempted to port PunBB to Sybase ASE, which is, in syntax, quite similar to MSSQL. The biggest problem I encountered was the lack of LIMIT, plus some minor bugs and an overhaul of install.php.

  • iso100
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Re: Possible to use Microsoft SQL Server?

So it sounds like it wouldn't be as simple as pointing it at the new DSN... Argh! What to do... what to do?