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Hi,<br />
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I have Joomla running on RedHat 5.5 with Apache.<br />
I am looking to use MS SQL 2008 database server on a windows machine on the same network,<br />
I have read up on getting Joomla to work with MS SQL but only when Joomla is running on IIS on a Windows machine.<br />
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Can anyone advise?<br />
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Kind Regards,
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Hi,

I have Joomla running on RedHat 5.5 with Apache.
I am looking to use MS SQL 2008 database server on a windows machine on the same network,
I have read up on getting Joomla to work with MS SQL but only when Joomla is running on IIS on a Windows machine.

Can anyone advise?

Kind Regards,

Joomla on Apache with remote SQL 2008 DB

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. It is built on a model–view–controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS. Written in PHP, Joomla uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques and software design patterns, stores data in a MySQL, MS SQL  or PostgreSQL database, and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, search, and support for language internationalization.

Joomla

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.