Board3

Marc has done a great job by getting Board3 working on IIS7.5 and Microsoft SQL server 2008 R2 Express. Here are the steps that has to be followed to get a successfull installation:

In the install folder:

index.php

Find:

case 'mssql':
case 'mssql_odbc':
$sql = "SELECT name
FROM sysobjects ...

You got a PM.

Hi Marc,

Thank you for your time but I allready tried that (2 posts above).

I have tried to digg a bit further and in install_functions.php I also changed the following without any success :( :

function b3p_drop_table($table)
{
global $db, $table_prefix, $db_schema;

$table_name = substr ...

Hi Marc,

I forgot to mention it but I got this message on 3.0.7-PL1 aswell on 3.0.8. I updated phpBB yesterday after I got this message.

If the problem is related to phpBB and SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, wouldn't my forum have a problem with functionality also?

Regards,

Christian

Hello Marc,

Sorry for not getting back on this a bit earlier. Been a crazy time last month but I finally found some time to continue on this.

I have editied install/index.php as descibed in your post. This resolved the error message in the Overview and Install tab.

Unforunately, when I click ...

Hi Marc,

Here is the requested information from the top left corner:

mssqlnative[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /install/index.php on line 136: Undefined variable: sql

Regards,

Christian

Your Portal Version: v1.0.6
Your phpBB Type: Standard phpBB3
MODs installed: No
Your knowledge: Beginner

What have you done before the problem was there?
Installed a fresh phpBB bulletin board

What have you already tryed to solve the problem?
Searched google.com, board3.de and phpbb.com ...