phpsundar

Thanks for the clarification Jan.

Will keep this in mind for all the support I provide here in the forums in the future ??

Have a gr8 Christmas & New Year vacation

you can’t do direct upgradation from FAR LOWER VERSION TO LATEST VERSION (ie) from 2.6 to 3.5 directly.
You have to upgrade 1 version at a time
(ie) 2.6 -> 2.7 -> 2.8 & so on.
Also you can try doing 2 version for single upgrade like
2.6 -> 2.8 -> 3.0

This might be time consuming & cumbersome , but this is the only way , because there were lot of files & functions deprecated in the newer versions.
Also 3.5 supports only PHP 5.2.4 & above , also MySQL 5 & above
So make sure your webserver is upgraded too

the first thing you can do is , if you have a back-up of files & database before you did the upgradation , revert back to them.
Then disable all the plugins & do a auto-upgradation , this should solve the issue.
But still if you have the same problem , then we can assume that you might have made lot of customizations on plugins or theme files or wp core files.
So you have to do a manual upgradation , which means you have to back-up the files & database , then upgrade the wp core & then include the modifications or customization that you have done.

This should definitely solve your problem.

As you get this “Error establishing a database connection” , this means that the wordpress installed cannot find or connect to your database server or database.
Check the wp-config file as well as the db file .
Go to mysql command line on the server & try connecting to database using command line with the db name , user name & password , if it connects to the database , then check your wp config & db files for dbname , user name & password.

Based on what you have mentioned above , the wordpress might have been installed correctly , but its unable to connect to database.

Check your mail log on the server , if it has not delivered , the message would have been bounced.
If there is no bounced mail , then the mail has been sent , but not delivered , in that case check your SPAM folder.

Hi Amy,

Yes I agree & understand the forum rules.
Sorry if I had asked it publicly here in the forum & I apologize for that.

But as a Freelancer , I have served many clients with wordpress & for any updates or work to be done , the logins has to be provided.
Thats the reason I clearly stated that , if the problem is not resolved , I can help you a freelancer & asked him to mail me & not to post the logins here in the forum.
I’m aware of secutiry concern about any website for that matter.

Anyway I apologize for asking him to send me the logins here in the forum.

Hi Richard,

I can help you , if the problem is still not resolved.

Send me the FTP & Database logins via mail , so that I can check it up & revert back the admin role.
(Dont post the logins here , just mail me )

If you intent to develop your site offline in your localhost , make sure your local server has the same config as the webhosting server that you might use the actual online site.
Make sure both Apache / PHP & MySQL are of same version.
This is the basic check that you need to do before working .

Coming to your question.
When you restore a database , the old database gets deleted & this gets in place on the database server.
But to be on the safe side , delete the database manually & then create the database again & restore the database.
As it would run smoothly.

Hope this helps ??