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1. Andrew Chapman
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi,

   When I visit //mydomain/wp-admin/install.php I get the following error message:

   We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the menspray_wp1 database.

   * Are you sure it exists?
   * Does the user menspray_wp1 have permission to use the menspray_wp1 database?
   * 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?

   The third of these is true. I called it wp1 in the control panel, and it has been created as menspray_1. At the moment, DB name and DB user are both menspray_wp1 in the config file, which is how they appear in the control panel.

   What should I do?

   Andrew

2. alexleonard
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You need to open up your wp-config.php file and adjust the dbname and dbuser.

   This file should be located at

   //yourdomain/wp-config.php

3. Andrew Chapman
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks, Alex. I started again with the database (a WordPress blog had been set up automatically by the web host, but they put it in mensprayer.net/wordpress, whereas I wanted it in root). So I moved the WordPress files into the root directory, and kept the same database user names - so they showed up as being there, but I think I failed to Add User again.

   Anyway it's working now, thank God.

   Andrew

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