Can you please check if you have the following drivers installed, and activated?
These drivers need to be installed and activated on the server where your WordPress website is. After you install and activate those drivers, it should work fine.
If you're not sure how to install the drivers, please reach out to your hosting provider.
They are required for external DB connections. Which hosting provider are you using if they don't want to install them (I suppose WordPress hosting, or some shared hosting)? They're pretty basic drivers, so I would recommend switching your hosting providers.
Regardless of wpDataTables, if they impose a limitation for installing these drivers, who knows what other request they will deny in the future.
Unfortunately, in that case (since they won't install drivers for other connections), you will not be able to use the separate DB connection in wpDataTables.
I am trying to connect our external SQL Server but am receiving this error:
Hello Shane
Can you please check if you have the following drivers installed, and activated?
These drivers need to be installed and activated on the server where your WordPress website is. After you install and activate those drivers, it should work fine.
If you're not sure how to install the drivers, please reach out to your hosting provider.
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Aleksandar Vuković
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The hosting provider won't install those drivers unfortunately.
I'm sorry to hear that, Shane.
They are required for external DB connections. Which hosting provider are you using if they don't want to install them (I suppose WordPress hosting, or some shared hosting)? They're pretty basic drivers, so I would recommend switching your hosting providers.
Regardless of wpDataTables, if they impose a limitation for installing these drivers, who knows what other request they will deny in the future.
Kind Regards,
Aleksandar Vuković
[email protected]
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Kinsta. Changing hosts is not an option they are one of the fastest out there.
Understood, Shane.
Unfortunately, in that case (since they won't install drivers for other connections), you will not be able to use the separate DB connection in wpDataTables.
Kind Regards,
Aleksandar Vuković
[email protected]
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wpDataTables: FAQ | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Front-end and back-end demo | Docs
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You can try wpDataTables add-ons before purchasing on these sandbox sites:
Powerful Filters | Gravity Forms Integration for wpDataTables | Formidable Forms Integration for wpDataTables | Master-Detail Tables