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phpbb database question

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Gawd
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I'm installing phpbb onto my website, I'm running wordpress 2.0 using one database with username. Now, I want to install phpbb, do I need to create another database or can I just use the one wordpress is using?
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that you can have phpBB prefix the phpBB specific tables with anything you want i.e. "forum_" during the installation process. Generally, it's a bad idea, but if you are running a small site with minimal traffic then you can get away with it.
 
Hard to predict what could happen. Perhaps a poorly written sql script for a wordpress patch/upgrade could mess up your phpBB tables. There could be some security vulnerabilies in one of the apps that could affect the other. Performace could be affected if your site did get a large amount of traffic. These are just some fictional ideas not supported by actual experiences, so please take this with a grain of salt.
 
really.. this might not be an option for you.. but there are tons of cheap hosts out there that allow for multiple (if not unlimited) mysql databases.. you "could" run 2 different things on the same db in theory.. but its really not a good idea at all..
 
phpBB is notorious for security bugs that result in compromised security. They are usually pretty quick to issue patches, but you have to make sure you keep up with all the updates. You can add phpBB tables to your existing database, but if your phpBB installation is ever compromised you risk all the other data in your database as well.
 
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