WordPress > Error

  • Hello All,
    I am getting the, evidently “blue-screen of Death”, for wordpress. obviously, this is a web-based form but the install isnt going good. Here are the stats in the config file, obviously adjusted.

    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘<username>_test’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘<username>_user’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘<pass>’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘mysql.avidhosting.com’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    the rendered error message is:

    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 <username>_test 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?

    Now my hosting company is AvidHosting and they specified a port for the mysql server. I appended this to the DB_host entry in the config file (i.e.: ‘mysql.avidhosting.com:3306’) and still nothing. The user name that i did use is the account default super-admin ID.

    In the past i havent had much, if any, problems with setting PHP BB or eCommerce sites, but this one is throwing me for a curve. BTW, this has a business type interface, but its really just a resume site, that i mostly use for email for the family.

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  • you dont need to specify the port number — port 3306 is the standard port # used for MySQL.

    …but not able to select the <username>_test database.

    Thats what you need to focus on .. thats telling you that that a databse by that name does not exist. So either it doesnt, or you you are using the wrong name for 1 that does.

    Its just that simple, trust me ??

    Thread Starter goldbishop

    (@goldbishop)

    well, found out this morning that the database was created but im not able to access it through the user account specified. Going to contact my hosting svc and see whats up.

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