[TYPO3] newbie: installation with DBAL

[Hugo Ahlenius]

Hi again,

I can respond to my own e-mail -- I hadn't realized that one needed to
activate mssql support in php.ini -- with that done I managed to create the
databases and progress with the install tool.

So now I got a bit further... But still not all the way. When I try to login
to the backend, I always get an "Error! Login-error or session timed-out" no
matter what I do. I get a different screen when I try to login with an
invalid username/pass, so that is not the case.

I get this regardless of browsers.

I suspect that this has something to do with php's sessions (which seem to
be created correctly). Any tips?

By the way -- I didn't get any responses on my previous message, is there a
better place to ask newbie questions like these and get a response from the
community?

/Hugo


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|-----Original Message-----
|From: Hugo Ahlenius
|Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:27
|To: 'typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de'
|Subject: newbie: installation with DBAL
|
|Hi,
|
|I am very new to typo3 and quite new to php (I am a long time 
|ColdFusion/CFML developer, so I am not new to this part of the world 
|though).
|
|I wanted to try out typo3 with an existing mssql server, so I was 
|experimenting with it on my laptop. I didn't manage to get very far 
|using DBAL though.
|
|* I have verified that my webserver and php works fine
|* I unzipped the typo3 src and testsite to my web-server (not in the 
|root of IIS though, but in a /typo3 sub-dir)
|* I can see that the installation walk-through would start if I hit the

|typo3 install page, and that loads up fine (I don't touch anything 
|there though)
|* Next I create a database and user in MSSQL for typo3
|* I dowload and put the adodb and dbal .t3x files in the typo3conf/ext 
|folder
|* I add some stuff, according to the DBAL manual, to localconf.php
|* When I now try to hit install, I just get a blank, empty page...
|* PHP error log shows: DBAL error: Connection to
|mssql:///?persistent=1 failed. Maybe PHP doesn't support the database?
|
|Any tips/input?
|
|My localconf.php looks like this:
|<?php
|$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['sitename'] = 'New TYPO3 site';
|
|	// Default password is "joh316" :
|$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['installToolPassword'] = 
|'bacb98acf97e0b6112b1d1b650b84971';
|
|$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXT']['extList'] =
|'tsconfig_help,context_help,extra_page_cm_options,impexp,sys_no
|te,tstemplate,tstemplate_ceditor,tstemplate_info,tstemplate_obj
|browser,tstemplate_analyzer,func_wizards,wizard_crpages,wizard_
|sortpages,lowlevel,install,belog,beuser,aboutmodules,setup,task
|center,info_pagetsconfig,viewpage,rtehtmlarea,css_styled_conten
|t,t3skin';
|
|$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXTCONF']['dbal']['handlerCfg'] = array (
|        '_DEFAULT' => array (
|            'type' => 'adodb',
|            'config' => array(
|				'username' => 'typo3',
|				'password' => 'xxxxx',
|				'host' => 'localhost',
|				'database' => '',
|                'driver' => 'mssql',
|            )
|        )
|    );
|$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXT']['extList'] .= ',adodb,dbal';
|
|## INSTALL SCRIPT EDIT POINT TOKEN - all lines after this points may be

|changed by the install script!
|?>
|
|
|--
|Hugo Ahlenius
|fraxinus (@) oxel.net
|http://www.oxel.net
|
|
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