I know. That is why it was such a surprise to me. On the Control Panel under Scripting and Add ons it clearly says "MS SQL Database" and the way you set up the database is different than with the typical MySQL database. I submitted a support ticket to ReadyHosting and so far they have not been helpful. I am trying to get MS SQL replaced with MySQL, but I doubt if they will do that.
Gary At 11:55 AM 11/23/2010, you wrote: >In a message dated 11/23/2010 7:31:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > > > > I am trying to install my first Mediawiki site and have a > > problem. My system settings on ReadyHosting.com indicates that it is > > running MySQL version 4.1.22 which meets Mediawiki requirements; > > however, when I try to install Mediawiki I get the error message > > "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'VMSSQL01'." Checking to see if I > > had the database set up properly, I discovered it is actually MS > > SQL. Will Mediawiki work with MS SQL? I have not been able to find > > a reference to MS SQL in any of the help files. > > > > >Readyhosting claims to use MySQL. >How did you decide they are using MS SQL instead? >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
