Originally posted by vanettda@Sep 6 2005, 06:36 PM
This seems like the right place to post this. It may be a stupid question, but valid as my experience with such things is limited.

During the install for phpBB2 (this is after my install and month long config of my store) it asks for Database name etc. Should I be creating a new database for phpBB or will it work within the existing database structure I have created for Zencart?

I would hate to screw things up now by overwriting a database table.
PHPBB needs it's own database, but if you really know what you're doing, you can combine databases. The only problem there is if your database crashes because of a bad query, it will take the cart AND the forum down with it.
I would say if your host allows more than one SQL database, go for it. Some don't so you may have to combine the two. Just use PHPBB_ as a table prefix for all of the forum tables to keep from having issues just in case the cart has a table with the same name (like config, users, etc...)