Question

I am trying to connect CakePHP 2.2.2 stable version with MS SQL database.

Below is db connection that I’m using:

public $default = array(
    'datasource' => 'Database/Mssql',
    'persistent' => false,
    'host' => '192.192.1.1',
    'login' => 'username',
    'password' => 'password',
    'database' => 'dbname',
    'prefix' => '',
    //'encoding' => 'utf8',
);

When I connect with CorePHP – it works, So all credentials I use are correct however when I connect with CakePHP 2.2.2 version, returns below error:

Cake is NOT able to connect to the database.
Datasource class Mssql could not be found.

I have following files in my dbo library on path: cakephp/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database

Mysql.php
Postgres.php
Sqlite.php
Sqlserver.php

So I believe that all files required for MS SQL Server connection is present in my Cake version.

Let me know what I am missing or having problem with.

Thanks in advance !

Answer 1

i think the correct datasource string is ‘Sqlserver’ and not ‘mssql’.