# SQL Forum Code **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [February 11, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614 "2004-02-11T02:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DariusMonsef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@DariusMonsef](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DariusMonsef)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/1 "2004-02-11T02:01:00Z")
So I would love to use VBulletin, but they only support MySQL… silly people. I have SQL Server on my server and need to find a solid forum that runs on it. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/2 "2004-02-11T02:54:05Z")
Hmm… Don’t know of any ethan off the top of my head… Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/3 "2004-02-11T02:54:42Z")
whats so bad about my sql? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/4 "2004-02-11T02:57:06Z")
Hmm, well for one I don’t have it on my server. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/5 "2004-02-11T03:29:22Z")
try [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) forums [http://www.asp.net/Forums/Download/Default.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1](http://www.asp.net/Forums/Download/Default.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/6 "2004-02-11T04:04:57Z")
So I’m looking at [http://www.phpbb.com](http://www.phpbb.com) anyone have an opinion? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/7 "2004-02-11T16:24:32Z")
> \*Originally posted by EthanM \* > \*\*I have SQL Server on my server and need to find a solid forum that runs on it. Any suggestions? \*\* yea, phpBB would be a good choice then. but imo using MSSQL is never a good idea :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/8 "2004-02-11T17:10:45Z")
phpBB is good - free, easy to set up, highly customisable. well recommended. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/9 "2004-02-11T17:48:07Z")
phpBB is a pretty good product. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/10 "2004-02-11T19:31:51Z")
Here are my reasons to use a PHP forum with an MySQL database regardless of the setup you currently have. 1. Forums are all text/string based. There is a lot of string manipulation going on which PHP is supperior at handleing. 2. PHP interfaces with MySQL better than any other database system. So, if you are going to use something writen with PHP then you shouldn’t limit it by using a non MySQL database. I say this as a strong Microsoft supporter. I write 90% of my applications in Microsoft specific languages for Windows servers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/11 "2004-02-11T22:33:57Z")
I appreciate the feedback thus far, but again I stress that it’s not a matter of MySQL or MSSQL. I have MSSQL on my server and have no plans on switching to MySQL. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/12 "2004-02-11T23:02:43Z")
It’s a shame you don’t want to switch… It’s not like you have to pay for MySQL Though being new to this, I couldn’t tell you the difference between the to. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/13 "2004-02-12T04:00:36Z")
> \*Originally posted by EthanM \* > \*\*I appreciate the feedback thus far, but again I stress that it’s not a matter of MySQL or MSSQL. I have MSSQL on my server and have no plans on switching to MySQL. \*\* > You can run both. I own a web server that I sell hosting on and I have both MySQL and MSSQL running. I use MySQL for all the bulletin boards I have running and I use MSSQL for the custom web based applications I have built. Most of my customers are using MySQL for thier sites because most of them came from Linux / Unix hosts and there sites were already built around MySQL. The performance hit you will take by running MySQL is about non-existant. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/14 "2004-02-12T05:42:48Z")
My set-up doesn’t get much better than what I have now and I don’t want to push it. I have a dedicated web-server and a dedicated New DELL server strucly pushing the MSSQL database. I get all of this for a very low rate, oh and I have 24 hour tech support cell numbers. Also all my sites are talking to MSSQL databases, I don’t want to have to deal with the headache of trying to talk to both servers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-forum-code/42614/15 "2004-02-12T05:50:59Z")
Here is a free ASP forum I found that uses either Access or MSSQL [http://www.webwizguide.com/web\_wiz\_forums/default.asp?mode=asp](http://www.webwizguide.com/web_wiz_forums/default.asp?mode=asp)