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When I run the install I get a Database Configuration page that says

Your web server does not appear to support any common database types. Check with your hosting provider to see if they offer any databases that Drupal supports.

Im running PHP on IIS 5.1 and MySQL

Please help

Cheers

Jez

Edited by: VeryMisunderstood; Tagging thread with version in use

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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vm commented

what version of MySQL ?

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jezzyjez commented

Im running version 5.0.67

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vm commented

So am I, therefore that can't be the issue.

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mm167 commented

veryMis .....are u running drupal 5.16?

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jezzyjez commented

Im not running it I'm trying to install it but yes its drupal 5.16

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vm commented

No. I no longer use Drupal 5.x for any sites I'm involved with.

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mm167 commented

IIS..? are u running the drupal on your PC?

local MySQL on the same PC?
is the MySQL is started?

how u create your sites/default/settings.php?
u need to "copy" the default.settings.php as settings.php and have the 2 files in the same foler.

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jezzyjez commented

And MySQL is running

Ill try renameing the default.settings.php

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jezzyjez commented

where do I get default.settings.php from?

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vm commented

default.settings.php should be in your site/default/ folder

in INSTALL.txt you are instructed to copy default.settings.php and name is settings.php
This will mean you will have two files in sites/default:
default.settings.php AND
settings.php

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jezzyjez commented

when I unzipped the down load there was only settings.php in sites\default folder

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mm167 commented

"unzipped the down load" <-- what download?

pls tell us what u have done?

1. did u install your drupal site from a drupal core download from drupal.org?

or

2. u got a zipped dupal site somewhere and upzip it on your PC?

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jezzyjez commented

I downloaded drupal-5.16.tar from the Drupal site and used 7-zip to extract it

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vm commented

The instructions for 5.x are different, 5.x doesn't have a default.settings.php. Tagging your thread with the version in use would have helped.

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jezzyjez commented

I see Thanks

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mm167 commented

Jez,

forget all of my replies. they only works for ver 6.x.

but, why u install 5.16?

good luck.

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jezzyjez commented

Because we have many sites running on version 5 and I need to maintain them

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marquardt commented

Does you PHP installation have the relevant modules for MySQL access installed?

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jezzyjez commented

Im not sure but there is no reference to MySQL when I run phpinfo.php

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marquardt commented

Are you using PHP 5.x? The PHP Installation Manual says

PHP 5+

MySQL is no longer enabled by default, so the php_mysql.dll DLL must be enabled inside of php.ini. Also, PHP needs access to the MySQL client library. A file named libmysql.dll is included in the Windows PHP distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs to be available to the Windows systems PATH. See the FAQ titled "How do I add my PHP directory to the PATH on Windows" for information on how to do this.

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jezzyjez commented

Ive checked all that. The paths are there and the mysql stuff is uncommented int php.ini file

HELP !!!!!!!!

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marquardt commented

Is the mysql daemon running?

With the account database account information - can you log in to the database, say with the mysql command line client? Or phpMyAdmin or whatever you use to access the database...?

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jezzyjez commented

Thanks for that the database is running and I can login.

I had this line in settings.php

$db_url = 'mysql://root:123qwe@localhost/drupal';

which I removed and I,ve got to the first screen!!!!

Thanks

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mgifford
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If you're not running MySQL on the server is there any reason why the php_mysql.dll must be enabled?