Title: MySQL and SQL Server
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# MySQL and SQL Server

 *  [darkmatter91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkmatter91/)
 * (@darkmatter91)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-and-sql-server/)
 * I want to put WordPress on my server but it wantś MySQL and i am currrently running(
   paying) for SQL Server can you can WordPress on SQL Server or will it only work
   on MySQL?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-and-sql-server/#post-575137)
 * As it says in the Requirements (click About) it works only with MySQL.
 *  [miami1904](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miami1904/)
 * (@miami1904)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-and-sql-server/#post-575390)
 * I am having a problem with something similar. I am already running SQL server,
   and whenever i try to install MySQL, it says there is already another instance
   of SQL running. Is there any way around this?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-and-sql-server/#post-575419)
 * This really isn’t a question for this forum but this will get you started in 
   the right direction.
    [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-start-service.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-start-service.html)
   [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-create-option-file.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-create-option-file.html)

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 * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/)
 * [server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/server/)
 * [sql](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sql/)

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 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-and-sql-server/#post-575419)
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