I would not say impossible, but M$ SQL has a large number of dependencies, such as the mmc and other specific windows components. With something like SQL, you move away from an application type program, and become a windows service, that depends on many more different OS components to run. I highly doubt you could get it running well enough to be stable for a production environment. How important is the database?
If it is mission critical, I would say look to migrating the db or just leave it on an NT box and find another app that runs on Linux and does what you want. my 2 cents. Rob. -----Original Message----- From: Evan Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 24, 2003 8:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: (clug-talk) sql server 7 on Linux with Wine Hey people Is it possible to run SQL Server 7 thru WINE? And before you all ask, cuz I have to for work and yes we have looked into MySQL and Postgresql also. The existing system uses SQLServer but we have to put the DB in a new box and wanted to see if I could make it a Linux box instead. :) Thanx, Evan Brown
