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1. bms85
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I made a test install to transfer before i moved anything important. I had my hosting provider transfer my accounts for me. All the databases moved and checked out just fine but I get this error:

   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 lorainco_blog 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?

   Anyone know how to fix this?

2. thanksforthehelp
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Is lorainco_blog the name of your old database?

   I know on mine, if you've moved servers, and your username is different, the "username_wordpress" would apply. So it would be your new login username_wordpressdatabasename

   Hope that helps.

3. bms85
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   hey thanks for replying... yeah it's the same, nothing has changed at all its the account name password, and database name. It makes no sense.

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