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Post by **caesar** » Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:14 pm

Hi, dose anyone know how to make the "data base" for a forum like this? I'm tryng to inslall one home and I can & know how to do this damn data base.. Any ideea? Thanks anyway

gatus · Post by **gatus** » Sat Jun 15, 2002 4:59 pm

Well, this forum is a standard phpBB layout page. You can go and download it from http://www.phpbb.com

Post by **caesar** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 7:42 am

I asked if someone knows how to put that damn data base cos I don't have a clue.. I'm stuck in this part:

Database Server Hostname / DSN:

Your Database Name:

Database Username:

Database Password:

Prefix for tables in database:

Any sugestion will be nice.. and I have tryed to read the f.a.q file and I didn't find anything about this data base..

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 9:13 am

simple. Setup a blank mysql database on localhost (no tables, nothing - just blank). Script will do the rest. Read the mysql manpage if its your box, ask your admin otherwise.

Post by **caesar** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 4:48 pm

Okay, I'll give it a test.. thanks.

Post by **caesar** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 7:08 pm

Made what you told me to do and dosen't work. Any other sugestion? Thanks.

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 6:43 am

What forum software is it, and what type of database does it require?

There are many makes of database, and this is important.

You can't just download and use mysql software, without a mysql database. Neither can you use it without the required pre-processor.

Does it require PHP, Perl or other language, and does the processor have the ability compiled in, to use the database in question.

Post by **caesar** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 9:49 am

Is an phpBB version 2.0.1 and I don't know exactly what type of database cos this I'm asking

and I have mysql.. 3.x or 4.x or somethin..

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 11:26 am

The docs state exactly what is needed to get phpBB up and running.

MySQL, Web-server, PHP (With MySQL libraries compiled in)

Post by **caesar** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 8:23 am

What docs ? Where do I find something about database ?

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 2:04 pm

the docs that come with phpbb

Post by **caesar** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 11:58 am

As I said before I have looked in the docs and I didn't find enything about the database. Any sugestion?

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 12:23 pm

I just read the docs myself. They explicitly say all you need is a blank database (as I said before). All you have to do is enter the user, pass, host, prefix and type of the database into the appropriate setup script.

Post by **caesar** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 12:36 pm

Humm.. the admin of the server tryed to make me an blank database (as you said before). Maybe he is a moron or something

I shall tell him again what you said to me and hope his brain will do some activity and will succed in making me that damn database.