I am getting an error: "Error establishing a database connection" when I attempt to access my blog.
I did some searching for the error but the only info I can find is that it is connected to installing WP on a Windows machine with MySQL 4.1.7 and the error is only really during installation...
However my problem is different in that it is installed on a Linux server running MySQL 4.1.21-Max-log (according to phpMyAdmin).
When I login to phpMyAdmin I am able to see the database and browse it. I am able to access the runtime status but am not able to refresh or rest it. That is the only thing I can suspect it would be.
Has anyone else encountered this? What can I do?
Thanks in advance!
Also, I was able to access the blog yesterday. The only thing I did differently was I uploaded a new plugin via FTP but I tried removing it and it didn't make a difference... I never even activated the plugin...
Do you still have a config file?
yes... As far as I can tell nothing has changed in it...
No one has a clue huh? I tried getting more specific details about the error... but nothing...
I deleted all of the plugins from the webhost hoping perhaps it was a plugin issue, but that didn't make a bit of a difference...
Also worth noting is that I cannot access Gallery2 either. WP and G2 share the same DB... So my guess is there is a problem there.
Is it possible the webhost could be blocking access to the DB? How can I resolve this? I'm fairly new to DB admin.
I guess a simple "Chill out" would have been appropriate here. It was just the webhost having issues with their db server apparently. I called tech support (who in the past has been worthless to me) and they were very helpful (for once)!
penfil
