onfourwheels

Thanks xenobia. As soon as I read your reply, my email chimed in with a response from GoDaddy.com. Here’s what they said:

“Thank you for contacting customer support. Unfortunately, PHP is only supported in safe mode on Windows hosting plans. For full PHP support, you will need the change your hosting operating system to Linux. To modify the operating system of your hosting account, follow the instructions below:…”

This puts me in a conundrum because I sub-lease some of my server space to a client so he can post pictures to his Ebay auctions. When I first opened my Godaddy account, I had selected the Linux/PHP servers because I have a natural aversion to all things Microsoft. However, when my client had me do some Ebay posting, we discovered that, for some unknown cosmic reason, the GoDaddy Linux servers clashed with Ebay servers, which resulted in pictures not showing up reliably, and that the only way to fixed the problem was to switch over to the Windows server. *Grimace*

So it looks like I’ll need to open another domain. Thank God Godaddy’s reasonable.

Thanks to all.

I have gotten that straight answer, and it is yes, their Window servers do support MYSQL. So I made another inquiry to see if they can figure out why I can’t get WordPress to work. Do you, or anybody else on this forum, have any other ideas on what may be happening?

Again, thanks for the response vkaryl.

I do not have MYSQL, even though I can set up a MYSQL database directly through my websites control panel? It’s not that I’m doubting you – I’m the db newbie, after all – I’m just amazed that my hosting company would offer up a option that I couldn’t use. Although stranger things have happened…

Thanks vkaryl and TonySt