Hi I would suggest that your version of Microsoft SQL Server is too old. From the database.php default files...
1.3.15 * mssql - Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and higher, 2.1.3 * Database/Sqlserver - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and higher Cheers Paul On 27 Jun 2012, at 19:26, Miles G wrote: > Thanks for pointing that out cricket; however, I am still getting the same > error message after fixing that. > > On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:15:16 AM UTC-5, cricket wrote: > You have the port value as a string. Try removing the quotes. > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Miles G <miles.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to figure out what possible problem could be causing me not > > to connect to my db on the 2.1.3 version. I connect just fine on the 1.3 > > version and the only big changes I notice in the database.php file is the > > difference of 'host' => 'mssql' in the 1.3 version compared to 'datasource' > > => in the 2.1.3 version. Here is a pastie.org link to get more info and see > > what happens for me as well as my database.php file for the different > > versions. > > > > http://pastie.org/4154510 > > > > Just to clarify, the new version was a fresh download where the only > > changes > > I made were the hashing security part in the core file and then modifying > > database.php. The database is on a separate computer using Microsoft SQL > > Server 2003 (on Windows 2003) and the OS where the project is stored is > > also > > on another computer with Windows 2003. There are 0 problems with connecting > > to the database on the 1.3 version just to say one more time! > > > > Let me know if you see something that could be causing this or if you need > > more information ! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Miles > > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > > http://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
