By DonnaZ on

Quick questions:

1.) This may be dumb but is Drupal free?

2.) Can I install Drupal on a shared server running IIS?

3.) Our databases are in MS-SQL and I use PHP to access them. Two questions here:
a.) Can I use Drupal with MS-SQL?
b.) How can I add the tables Drupal needs with MS-SQL?

Thanks
DZ

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x, Drupal 5.x

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ontwerpwerk’s picture

ontwerpwerk commented

1: yes (free as in beer and as in speech)
2: yes, if you have PHP support on IIS, but clean url's require 3rd party modules (commercial)
3a: there is no standard database layer for MS-SQL included, but there are probably people who modified it themselves (you would need a database.mssql.inc => http://drupal.org/search/node/ms-sql )
3b: if you know SQL you can do it easily
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derieppe’s picture

derieppe commented

Hi,

Just a feedback :

I have run a 4.6 Drupal site on a IIS (with PHP + MySql) with no problems.
BUT since the 4.7 version, authentification don't run on my ISS (i don't find why...) and run fine on a apache (V2).

So i use now apache server.

Hope to help.

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

I have a test box with IIS on it and am running 4.7 without any major problems. The only thing not working is email and I have not bothered to try and configure it since this only a testing plateform for me.

Tresler’s picture

Tresler commented

With the same question. The forums are cluttered enough. Hopefully in the future your post will help others find what they need.... but that is difficult when the helpful responses are spilt across two posts....

Crosslink
http://drupal.org/node/87637

Sam Tresler
http://www.treslerdesigns.com
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