Re: [PHP] phpBB 2.2 and PostgreSQL support

Adam Alkins writes:
> The phpBB developers have always maintained a policy of doing their code
> in house. 2.2 is still ALPHA, you really can't fault them for not fixing
> the PostgreSQL code yet. The developers work on MySQL natively, then
> they polish up everything else before releasing it as a package.
>
> It really should not be "surprising" or "amazing".

I haven't seen the original posting, so I'm commenting on this comment
(so to speak)

I run phpBB 2.0.6 with PostgreSQL with no probs at all. I just downloaded
the package from www.phpbb.com and followed the instructions. It was one
of the easist installations I can remember for a long time!

Downloading CVS/ALPHA has always struck me as living dangerously!
And I note that 2.0.6 is the current release.

Regards,
Harry.

> >Hello!
> >
> >I recently tried the open source forum software phpBB the CVS version,
> >2.1/2.2. To my surprise, I've found that it's lacking PostgreSQL
> >support, or, rather, that its support is not functional.
> >
> >After playing around for a bit, I managed to get a semi-functional
> >2version working, I went and had a talk with the phpBB people. Amazingly
> >enough, they refused to accept any of my changes in their codebase,
> >saying it's still too early for that and the developers will fix it when
> >they think the time is right.
> >
> >The reason I'm mailing you is that I've managed to get a relatively
> >functional version of it and wondered if anyone is interested in
> >helping me further maintain/fix it, until the phpBB developers
> >consider it's time to support other SQL backends.
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