vBulletin + IIS/MSSQL

[ben_]

Is it a lot of effort making vBulletin run with MSSQL? I have a Windows server with php installed, but not mysql.

[Zachery]

Yes, it would take an extreme amount of effort to make vBulletin run with MSSQL, because it is not designed to. I'd highly suggest running vBulletin with mysql, which does run in a windows enviorment.

[ben_]

How much mysql-specific sql is there throughout vB?

Edit: I know mysql runs on Windows, but I want to avoid it mostly because I've not installed/configured/secured/maintained mysql before.

[Zachery]

Uh, vBulletin is written and optmized for MySQL specificly, its a mysql program. Someone spent several months porting it to PGSQL, I would imagine it would take time and serrious dedicated to re-write vBulletin for MSSQL.

It would be signiifcantly easier to just use mysql, on all aspects. Installing, configuring secureing and maintaing mysql is easier.

[ben_]

I chickened out and bought a seperate hosting account to stick vB on (which I've bought a license for now )

[TheDon-VBB]

I chickened out and bought a seperate hosting account to stick vB on (which I've bought a license for now )

Nice! you won't regret it, and as stated - MySQL is superior IMO, cheaper and more stable than MsSQL.

[ben_]

I have one other question. Is it okay to remove "Powered by vBulletin" from the page title (not the footer)?

[Steve Machol]

Yes.

[DivisionByZero]

perhaps vb should do what most serious php developers do these days.... db abstraction