MSSQL works on XAMPP 1.6.8 but not 1.7.3

[the_user2]

Hi,

I wanted to upgrade to XAMPP 1.7.3 from 1.6.8 but cannot get the MSSQL connection to work, I always get "Unable to connect to server".

The exact same php code works with the exact same MSSQL server on 1.6.8 but not on 1.7.3, so I can rule out password and MSSQL configuration issues.

I am using extension=php_mssql.dll and extension=php_pdo_mssql.dll.

I tried replacing the ntwdblib.dll 8.00.194 that comes with 1.7.3 with the one that came with 1.6.8.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Michael

[the_user2]

Partially solved.

MSSQL and XAMPP are both running the same machine, which is Win7 with IPv6 enabled.
As mentioned, I use php_mssql.dll and the only protocol enabled in MSSQL is Shared Memory.

If I specify localhost\instance as hostname, it fails (but worked well with XAMPP 1.6.8 ).

If I specify [real hostname]\instance, it works.

Don't ask me why. If anybody can shed any light on this, I would appreciate it.

Michael

[WilliL]

a guess:
on XAMPP 1.6.8 IPv4 - 127.0.0.1
on XAMPP 1.7.3 IPv6 (enabled) - ::1