# Substituting PostGres for MS-SQL

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/substituting-postgres-for-ms-sql/195525
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substituting-postgres-for-ms-sql/195525 "2021-06-30T16:52:28Z")
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### Author: ![roxasthenobody98](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roxasthenobody98/32/225997_2.png) [@roxasthenobody98](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roxasthenobody98)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substituting-postgres-for-ms-sql/195525/1 "2021-06-30T16:52:28Z")

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How hard would it be to substitute PostGreSQL for MS-SQL? I currently have a Mirror-Replica SQL Server setup, and I’d like to use that if possible.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substituting-postgres-for-ms-sql/195525/2 "2021-06-30T17:06:05Z")

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We are deeply coupled with PostgreSQL, so it’s easier to use another forum software that works with the MSSQL.

That or outsourcing the hosting of either the PostgreSQL part to a service with HA (like AWS RDS) and going all the way and using a [hosted service for Discourse](https://www.discourse.org/pricing) 😉