Do I Need A Mysql Database To Run A Joomla-driven Website?
August 2, 2009 under FAQ
can I just install joomla on my ftp server in the root file and go from there entering content, or must I attach a database to the joomla application?
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Yes ma’am.
If I recall correctly, a DB is required.
Yes, joomla requires a MySQL database to work. However, you do not need to know SQL programming! the only thing you need is basic MySQL setup knowledge, like how to create a database (example: CREATE DATABASE joomla;) and how to grant user permission. (example: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla.* TO ‘joomlauser’@'localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘xyz123password’;) Then you only need to give the joomla setup the database name, the user, and the password. Joomla takes care of the rest, such as creating and populating all the tables.
If you need more help setting that up, I can be of assistance.
If you absolutely cannot use MySQL, (say it’s not even installed on your server, or not available on your host machine) you can try a number of different content management systems that use flat-file databases, meaning it just stores everything in files on your server.
See a list of CMS’ here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_con…
and look for the ones with a flat-file database.
Message me if you need help with MySQL or anything else.
-Eric