install: remove MSSQL option (#6295)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to Gogs are documented in this file.
 ### Changed
 
 - The default branch has been changed to `main`. [#6285](https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/6285)
+- MSSQL as database backend is deprecated, installation page no longer shows it as an option. Existing installations and manually craft configuration file continue to work. [#6295](https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/6295)
 
 ### Fixed
 

conf/locale/locale_en-US.ini

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ internal_server_error = Internal Server Error
 install = Installation
 title = Install Steps For First-time Run
 docker_helper = If you're running Gogs inside Docker, please read <a target="_blank" href="%s">Guidelines</a> carefully before you change anything in this page!
-requite_db_desc = Gogs requires MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, MSSQL or TiDB.
+requite_db_desc = Gogs requires MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3 or TiDB (via MySQL protocol).
 db_title = Database Settings
 db_type = Database Type
 host = Host

internal/route/install.go

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func InstallInit(c *context.Context) {
 	c.Title("install.install")
 	c.PageIs("Install")
 
-	c.Data["DbOptions"] = []string{"MySQL", "PostgreSQL", "MSSQL", "SQLite3"}
+	c.Data["DbOptions"] = []string{"MySQL", "PostgreSQL", "SQLite3"}
 }
 
 func Install(c *context.Context) {
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ func Install(c *context.Context) {
 	switch conf.Database.Type {
 	case "mysql":
 		c.Data["CurDbOption"] = "MySQL"
-	case "mssql":
-		c.Data["CurDbOption"] = "MSSQL"
 	case "sqlite3":
 		c.Data["CurDbOption"] = "SQLite3"
 	}
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ func InstallPost(c *context.Context, f form.Install) {
 	dbTypes := map[string]string{
 		"PostgreSQL": "postgres",
 		"MySQL":      "mysql",
-		"MSSQL":      "mssql",
 		"SQLite3":    "sqlite3",
 	}
 	conf.Database.Type = dbTypes[f.DbType]

templates/install.tmpl

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 						</div>
 					</div>
 
-					<div id="sql_settings" class="{{if or (eq .CurDbOption "SQLite3") (eq .CurDbOption "TiDB")}}hide{{end}}">
+					<div id="sql_settings" class="{{if eq .CurDbOption "SQLite3"}}hide{{end}}">
 						<div class="inline required field {{if .Err_DbSetting}}error{{end}}">
 							<label for="db_host">{{.i18n.Tr "install.host"}}</label>
 							<input id="db_host" name="db_host" value="{{.db_host}}">
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 						</div>
 					</div>
 
-					<div id="sqlite_settings" class="{{if not (or (eq .CurDbOption "SQLite3") (eq .CurDbOption "TiDB"))}}hide{{end}}">
+					<div id="sqlite_settings" class="{{if not (eq .CurDbOption "SQLite3")}}hide{{end}}">
 						<div class="inline required field {{if or .Err_DbPath .Err_DbSetting}}error{{end}}">
 							<label for="db_path">{{.i18n.Tr "install.path"}}</label>
 							<input id="db_path" name="db_path" value="{{.db_path}}">
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@
 		var dbDefaults = {
 			"MySQL": "127.0.0.1:3306",
 			"PostgreSQL": "127.0.0.1:5432",
-			"MSSQL": "127.0.0.1, 1433"
 		};
 
 		$('#sqlite_settings').hide();