Unable to connect to database

  • I’m using doteasy as a host and I can’t seem to get the database up and running. I’ve done everything the tutorials have asked but I keep getting the message:

    “Can’t select database

    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the katrinagurr_com_-_katrina2_database database.

    Are you sure it exists?
    On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?”

    How would I go about fixing this?

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  • Create the database. Or if there’s already one, make sure the name is correct.

    Ask your hosts if you need more help on this.

    I’ve encountered this error a couple of times. By any chance do you have multiple databases hosted? If that is the case, then you should contact the hosting provider and ask them that you need to have separate users for each database.

    What is happening here (most probably) is that you are using a common account for all databases, hence when WordPress is trying to connect to the MySQL server, it is unable to select the correct database.

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