[Mediawiki-l] MS SQL

WJhonson at aol.com WJhonson at aol.com
Tue Nov 23 16:55:57 UTC 2010


In a message dated 11/23/2010 7:31:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
groush2 at earthlink.net writes:


> I am trying to install my first Mediawiki site and have a 
> problem.  My system settings on ReadyHosting.com indicates that it is 
> running MySQL version 4.1.22 which meets Mediawiki requirements; 
> however, when I try to install Mediawiki I get the error message 
> "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'VMSSQL01'."  Checking to see if I 
> had the database set up properly, I discovered it is actually MS 
> SQL.  Will Mediawiki work with MS SQL?  I have not been able to find 
> a reference to MS SQL in any of the help files.
> 


Readyhosting claims to use MySQL.
How did you decide they are using MS SQL instead?


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