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Issue resolved. I went into my control panel and changed the db user’s password to something simpler and did the same in the wp-config.php file. It seems to have rectified whatever issues were causing the script to fail in the past. Thanks for all of your help, Podz.

Hi. Me again. So now the story gets more convoluted… I was using DreamWeaver to upload files through its built-in FTP tool, and I think it wasn’t sending properly. The wp-config.php file I had on my host was totally wrong. Even so, after having changed it (through another channel) and verified that it looks correct, I still can’t get WP to not give me the “error connecting” msg.

I’ll try a session with websitesource and see what they say. Otherwise, I’m open to letting you poke around in my host account, if necessary.
– Jed

Thanks for the reply, Podz.

According to the host’s documentation, they use H-Sphere control panel system, not any of the 4 you’ve mentioned.

Unless I’m mistaken, I’m pretty sure the user has been correctly connected or “added” to the database- I can login to the database using the username and password I setup initially and run SQL queries on the database through phpMyAdmin. Am I missing something else? Should I try starting from scratch again?
Thanks again.

Since this thread is marked “resolved,” would I be better off posting my issue in a new thread? I’ve followed the codex to the letter, have confirmed necessary configs with my hosting service and have validated simple PHP-MySQL connections. I don’t see what else could be wrong unless there’s something up with this build of WP and the specific versions of MySQL and PHP I’m using. Any assistance that can be provided would be greatly appreciated.
thanks- Jed

I am having the same problem, continually receiving the “Error establishing a database connection” message even though I’ve:
1. confirmed the MySQL database name
2. confirmed the MySQL user name & privileges
3. confirmed the db user password was correct & verified MySQL was up & running properly through phpMyAdmin
3. confirmed the db host name was correct, doubly verifying with my web account host (websitesource.net)
4. ran a manual password reset via SQL
5. successfully run the simple “mysql-test.php” connection script from both the root directories and the subdirectory where I’m attempting to install WP 1.5.1.3

So I’m also totally stumped. What to do?
(btw, my host runs MySQL 4.0.24 and PHP 4.3.11)