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1. mjsd1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Here is a sample of the errors I get at step 2 of the installation process. Note, this is NOT the only error message I get... there are MANY of them!

   Thanx in advance.

   Second Step
   Now we’re going to create the database tables and fill them with some default data.

   WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax near '-inst_categories ( cat_ID bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, cat_name varch' at line 1]
   CREATE TABLE wp_wp-inst_categories ( cat_ID bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, cat_name varchar(55) NOT NULL default '', category_nicename varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', category_description longtext NOT NULL, category_parent int(4) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (cat_ID), KEY category_nicename (category_nicename) )

2. ColdForged
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You can't have dashes in your table prefix in wp-config.php, apparently. Old MySQL version?

3. ColdForged
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hmm... I get the same error trying to create a table with dashes, though I can correct it by putting the table name in backticks. That would require an update to the code. Any reason you have to have the dash character?

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