Samboll the problem is not the admin account. Take a look:
https://www.stopanimalid.org/blog/
What happened was, mysql went down on the server and wouldn’t come back up. I rebooted mysql several times and no help. The data center’s solution was to upgrade mysql, and when they did, all the database user/passwords on the server got deleted. I got the forums, shopping carts, etc back up by recreating the users using the same user/pass as were in the clients’config files, but this one blog didn’t connect after I recreated the user.
usermac, do I just create a blank database with no tables in the control panel?
I have my own server so I have root server access if there is anything in there I can do.