When someone suggested installing Moodle on Microsoft SQL, I squirmed in my seat. The audience around me grew quiet. Microsoft SQL? Was the person crazy? Who would want to use MS-SQL when MySQL was the much better, free open source solution?
So, I was again surprised when I read Ben Wilkoff’s post on running Moodle on Oracle. While I have to ask WHY? there must be someone out there who needs to be able to do it. Better to ensure that Ben’s video and instructions–in a GoogleDoc–reach as wide an audience as possible!
The specific system in question is using an Oracle database to work with Moodle. While it has been done before, some of the instructions didn’t ring true for me. I also wanted to be able to provide a step-by-step account of how I have done it and how it can be done.
So, without further ado, here is the Google Doc that gives the step by step account of just how to do it.
And, just to prove that it can be done in 25 minutes or less, I have included a screencast of the entire process that I used to revise the Google Doc and make sure everything works.
I hope it can be of use to you and yours.
Kudos to Ben for sharing!
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