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#85785 25-Jun-2011 02:14

My client probably got what they paid for, but if you were to sign up to http://www.deltawebhosting.com/ you'd presume it would come with a recent version of mysql (for a word press site). Got this upon setup:

You cannot install because WordPress 3.1.3 requires MySQL version 4.1.2 or higher. You are running version 3.23.58.

Least they hadnt paid a year in advance....

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#485657 25-Jun-2011 02:28

Ouch. MySQL 3 is like running Windows NT as your domain server.

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#485658 25-Jun-2011 03:05

wOW thats OLD

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#485659 25-Jun-2011 03:53

Yep - pretty old, and probably not that secure.

I did get version 2.0 of wordpress to work fine, but the backend interface isn't overly friendly, nor would it support my clients wordpress theme...

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#486287 27-Jun-2011 09:20

Wow that is scary. Wonder how out of date their patching and OS updates are?!

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#486297 27-Jun-2011 09:46

Well... considering this says it all from the hosting website... "Cheapest web hosting"

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#486475 27-Jun-2011 15:53

mp1: My client probably got what they paid for, but if you were to sign up to http://www.deltawebhosting.com/ you'd presume it would come with a recent version of mysql (for a word press site). Got this upon setup:

You cannot install because WordPress 3.1.3 requires MySQL version 4.1.2 or higher. You are running version 3.23.58.

Least they hadnt paid a year in advance....

Looking at their website which doesn't look to have been updated since 2005 from the date on the footer, I wouldnt assume anything. I believe most web hosts usually provide at MySQL 5 these days, but you do have to check their specs before signing up.

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#486681 28-Jun-2011 04:15

xpd: Well... considering this says it all from the hosting website... "Cheapest web hosting"

I thought that too... Though i've had better service from 000webhost.com (free and comes with SQL - 5.0.81). Will probably get them to sign up to Hostgator as these guys (Delta Webhosting) seem clueless when I ask anything technical.

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#486707 28-Jun-2011 08:20

Maybe look at an NZ web host. You get what you pay for at the end of the day.

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#486717 28-Jun-2011 08:48

mp1:
xpd: Well... considering this says it all from the hosting website... "Cheapest web hosting"

I thought that too... Though i've had better service from 000webhost.com (free and comes with SQL - 5.0.81). Will probably get them to sign up to Hostgator as these guys (Delta Webhosting) seem clueless when I ask anything technical.

Delta are probably just reselling anyway.... hence thwy they probably dont know anyting technical :)

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