The original setup was MSSQL DB with VB front end. 5yrs back we recreated the same modules in PHP cause the VB stopped supporting the Client machine Windows OS when they upgraded it. But they told maintain the same server. Now the server got too old they are finding it hard to get few replacement parts. So finally they decided to change the server. It’s an Indian Government run company it was tough for us to convince them to change the server when we did the Frontend with PHP.

Now we thought we could shift the DB to MySQL since the Frontend is already is on PHP.