Setting Up Your Database
Movable Type provides the broadest database support for any blogging application. Movable Type Open Source, as well as the Commercial version of Movable Type 4 support the following databases:
- MySQL 4.0 or later (4.1 or later recommended)
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
Movable Type Enterprise adds additional support for the following databases:
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL Server
Installing the Requisite Perl Modules
All users will need to install the following perl module:
Then, in order for Movable Type to connect to your specific database, you must install one of the following perl modules as it corresponds to your database:
- MySQL requires DBD::mysql
- PostgreSQL requires DBD:Pg
- SQLite requires DBD::SQLite
- Oracle requires DBD::Oracle
- SQL Server requires DBD::ODBC
Each module should come with instructions on how it can be installed. Generally Perl modules can be installed by one of two ways:
Via CPAN Shell
Execute the following as root:
> cpan DBI
> cpan DBD::mysql
Manually
After downloading the Perl module, execute the following commands:
> tar zxvf DBI-x.y.tar.gz
> cd DBI-x.y
> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make test
> make install
