[ckan-dev] CKAN with different kinds of databases

Wed Sep 4 11:03:24 UTC 2013

> We are currently facing a problem about using other kinds of
> databases(ex: oracle, mysql, sql server…etc) with CKAN.  Can anyone
> share experiences of using other databases except PostgreqSQL with
> CKAN(for the core schema and datastore)?  Will they cause any
> unpredictable issues?

I don't know of anyone who has tried this. It's certainly not supported,
the CKAN dev team only tests CKAN with PostgreSQL and I think using a
different database server could cause issues. I wouldn't recommend it.