Trouble with the database creation on WP Install

Everything was great until I had to create the DB. My host is GEMSTREAM and nothing they have looks anything like the MySQL and phpMYADMIN in the instructions.

I never had a screen that aloud me to grant privlages. It seemed like all i could do was the basic of basic things so I did. I created a DB named wordpress. I created a user named blog and gave it a password. The host name is localhost. This is my wp-config.php code:

<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘blog’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘123456’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’
// to enable German language support.
define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
?>

When I try to install it I get the Error Establishing DB Connection.

Can anyone get me started in the right direction?

thanks:

Toby – Newbie beyond Newbie