MS SQL and MySQL?

[EhKho]

Hi everyone!

I have apache testing server set up on my PC with MySQL but Lurk wants to install Microsoft Visual Studio Express and I was wondering if MS SQL and MySQL would conflict with one another?

Thanks!
Moddy

[Nuvo]

Microsoft's SQL server and the mySQL SQL server are two different things.
So long as they are installed into different directories, you shouldn't have a problem.
You just need to remember to connect to the right one when doing any development... (thinking you've lost your data when it's really on the other DB server isn't fun)

[EhKho]

Thanks Nuvo :D

[Jared Ritchey]

Be sure to keep MySQL on its native 3306 port and if MS SQL is to be installed as part of the IIS WebDev package then default installations of SQL Server monitor TCP port 1433 and UDP port 1434.

I've had both running as services under WinXP Pro for a local WAMP (windows, apache, mysql, php) server to test some php stuff I was doing with a PHP-IDE called PHPEdit Professional and never had a problem until I ran VSExpress then it would simply reboot on me giving me stop errors. I had to configure all my SQL settings to start "MANUAL" instead of "AUTOMATIC"

Just an FYI.

~ Jared

[EhKho]

Thanks for the advice Jared :D