database host is usually “localhost” (99%)
it’s possible that your DB names contain your username
e.g. I have a jerryhung account, therefore all my MySQL DB are jerryhung_wordpress (when I entered the DB name of “wordpress”)
best way is to go into phpMyAdmin (if you have it) to see if the DB/tables are there
A quick mail to the teh support at your web hosts should fix the problem. You can ask them for the values of the parameters that the wp-config file asks you for.
My install for one, does not have “localhost” and I had to write the support guys a mail to find out the values.
Hope you get it up and running 🙂
Anonymous
This is exactly my problem… i tried installing via install.php but alas no worky hehe then in wp-config.php itself it says the databse name should be wordpress – so I make a database called wordpress which is then called funky_wordpress by my server…
When I go to tey install.php i get this:-
“Error establishing a database connection! This probably means that the connection information in youn wp-config.php file is incorrect. Double check it and try again.
Are you sure you have the correct user/password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?”
Now I know my database username and password are correct – server localhost is right because i have it working on other databases…
Is there some place in wordpress we can change the database name its looking for from ‘wordpress’ to funky_wordpress for example?
I hope this makes sense…
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