good message board that will run w/o mySQL (have php & cgi)

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MrHappyMonkey

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I need to setup a message board for a client, but they do not have any type of SQL service running. It is a shared server, so I can't install one. Is there a decent message board that can run w/o the need for SQL? They do have PHP and CGI access.

EDIT: well i didn't exactly mean "without a database" but rather something that does not require mySQL. If the DB platform that is required from the message can be installed with only FTP and TELNET access (not root), than that'll work.
 
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BCYL

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That would be extremely difficult... all message board needs some sort of database to store everything (in reasonable efficiency)... With only PHP and CGI you have no database to store the data in...
 
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tweakmm

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I have a friend who made a very good php flat file message board. The only problem of course, is it scales like a flat file message board
 
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bigrash

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you need a database to run a message board. most top boards use mysql and there are some out there that run access. I'm not sure if there's any out there without databases
 
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MrHappyMonkey

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well i didn't exactly mean "without a database" but rather something that does not require mySQL. If the DB platform that is required from the message can be installed with only FTP and TELNET access (not root), than that'll work.
 
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MrHappyMonkey

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Originally posted by: Kilrsat
YaBB Its a cgi message board that uses a flat-file database. Might help you out.
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Do you know of any site that runs YaBB? It looks pretty nice, but I'd like to see a demo of the forum before I pitch it to my client.
 
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