Deprecated - Database compatibility

Hi All,

I backed up my drupal installation from the host ( installed using Fantastico) and downloaded to my linux box running FC6.
Then, I backup up and downloaded the database.

I unpacked on the local machine and all the files are in there right places.
The problem is I am having trouble setting up the mySQL path (db_url) on my local machine.

Hi,

Is there anyone working on making MS SQL server avialable as a Drupal DB? I understand Drupal has some DB abstraction layer to allow new/different DB servers to be used.

My admin here is ok with Drupal but hopes to use MS SQL as it would be a single place to administer. Would anyone contract to do this? And then give it back to the community?

If one does need to run MS SQL and MySQL - how bad is that on server performance? Or how common is this 2DB server scenario?

John

hello
a couple of days ago the server i m hosting on had a mobo failure. my hosting provider moved me to another server.

Is it possible to use ASCII encoding with Drupal?
My ISP does not supply Unicode.
Do I have to change ISP or can I run Drupal on ASCII encoding?
What problems will occur?

Regards
Mats-Olof

I install the drupal at first time .

I first installed the files in my webroot(public_html)

when I run the site http://harshaalumni.org/drupal the install started, and then I go to install database configuration.

After entering my database name, database username, and database password, I get this error:

The MySQL error was: Host 'server.harshainfotech.com' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server.

I'm trying to upload a mysql file from one host to another for testing and my current host mysql version is 4.0.21-standard and the host I wish to upload too mysql is 4.0.16 can someone explain to me how to convert my database?