Microsoft SQL Server

Question

Hello, and thanks for having a look at this question.
I am developing a dynamic website which will eventually be
hosted on a customer's intranet. They have informed me that they
can only provide a Microsoft SQL Server 2005, IIS 6, Microsoft
Server 2003 (SP2) environment for the data. We are about to install
our own Test Server to proof our site as it develops prior to
installing completed content with the client. Now I'm new to all
this and would be very grateful for any experience which can be
passed on!
Two questions immediately spring to mind:
Does anyone know of any good guidance/information on
connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server from Dreamweaver CS4? There is
plenty of support and guidance for using MySQL but almost nothing
on the Microsoft SQL Server.
Must we exactly replicate the Client environment or can we
implement Microsoft SQL Server 2008, IIS 7, Microsoft Server 2008
on our Test Server and confidently 'install' the website/data in
the Client environment?
I assume, and I could be very wrong here, that the database
connection would be different (not too difficult to change the
connection for the deployed version) and the PHP code would be
different for MySql and Microsoft SQL. For this reason I presume we
should not implement a MySQL solution in our Studio and then try to
deploy the website into a Microsoft SQL environment.
Many thanks
Chris

Answer 1

Chris Molland wrote:
> Hello, and thanks for having a look at this question.
>
> I am developing a dynamic website which will eventually
be hosted on a
> customer's intranet. They have informed me that they can
only provide a
> Microsoft SQL Server 2005, IIS 6, Microsoft Server 2003
(SP2) environment for
> the data. We are about to install our own Test Server to
proof our site as it
> develops prior to installing completed content with the
client. Now I'm new to
> all this and would be very grateful for any experience
which can be passed on!
>
> Two questions immediately spring to mind:
>
Does anyone know of any good
guidance/information on connecting to a
> Microsoft SQL Server from Dreamweaver CS4? There is
plenty of support and
> guidance for using MySQL but almost nothing on the
Microsoft SQL
> Server.
Must we exactly replicate the Client
environment or can
> we implement Microsoft SQL Server 2008, IIS 7, Microsoft
Server 2008 on our
> Test Server and confidently 'install' the website/data
in the Client
> environment?
> I assume, and I could be very wrong here, that the
database connection would
> be different (not too difficult to change the connection
for the deployed
> version) and the PHP code would be different for MySql
and Microsoft SQL. For
> this reason I presume we should not implement a MySQL
solution in our Studio
> and then try to deploy the website into a Microsoft SQL
environment.
CS4 supports ASP with MSSQL and PHP with MySQL. Whilst ASP
can work with
MySQL and PHP can work with MSSQL, there are not any built in
server
behaviours in CS4 that will let you do this.
Using 2003 or 2008 shouldn't matter at all, but using the
right database
will matter, and so will using the right language (ASP or
PHP).
If you want to use PHP, this needs to be installed on both
servers, as
it isn't included by default. ASP is part of IIS, but will
need to be
enabled.
Dooza
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