I've got a raq4 and i want to install other databases than mysql, could someone also please tell me if it is possible to have access databases?
I have recently got a customer who said :"Hi, I am having trouble getting a database connection on my site

Using Frontpage I get this info from the websettings:
Database: "The FrontPage database features are not available in this Web, for one of the following reasons: the web server administrator
may have disabled them; the server extensions may not support the necessary interfaces; or the Open Database Connectivity
(ODBC) component may not be installed on the web server"

Could you please help me seting up a database connection. I would prefer to use my own coding (ADO - ASP) But this seems
not to work either. I will use a Paradox database or an Access database.

Richard

An Access DB won't run on a RAQ, you can use chillisoftASP to connect to an access DB on another machine(running windows).

At least this is the answer Iwas given when I had a customer trying to use one.

I think the Mysql daemon is not started on your server properly.So plz tell your administrator to start the Mysql daemon.

:)

I don't know what you meen my mysql not being started properly, I said in my last message that mysql works fine but I wanted to install other databases, like mssql, access ...

Richard

Originally posted by Haisoft
I don't know what you meen my mysql not being started properly, I said in my last message that mysql works fine but I wanted to install other databases, like mssql, access ...

Richard

Those databases are designed for Windows NT/2000, and can only found in use on Windows servers (typically).

What about Paradox databases, is it possible to have a paradox database running at the same time as a mysql one? and where can I get it and how do I install it?

Richard

Paradox is also a windows application.

Thanks,

Richard

You can install/use these database on your RaQ
- Postgres ( http://www.postgresql.org/ preinstalled on raq3+raq4)
- Interbase ( http://www.interbase.com and http://www.borland.com/interbase/ preinstalled on Raq4)
- mySQL (package avaible from http://pkg.nl.cobalt.com )
- miniSQL (aka mSQL, http://www.hughes.com.au/ )
- filePro ( http://www.fptech.com/ )
- frontBase ( http://www.frontbase.com/ )
- Informix ( http://www.informix.com/ and http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ )
- ingresII ( http://www.ingres.com and http://www.ca.com/products/ingres.htm )
- Oracle ( http://www.oracle.com )
- dbase (alike, php build-in functions)
- dbm (php build-in functions)
- Ovrimos ( http://www.ovrimos.com/ ??)
- Sybase ASE ( http://www.sybase.com )

Or you can connect to a lot of remote database systems (like SQL-Server, SESAM, all of the above, and other ODBC compatible dbms) using PHP or ASP.

I'd really recommend using mySQL, you may try interbase which is supberg but uses a lot of resources... for small databases you can easily go with dbm files, or dbase files.... postgres is used for the raq's system dabatase, so be careful if you mess around with postgresql