error connecting to database

  • bodhi

    (@bodhi)


    21 years ago

    no changes at all, everything was working one minute, then not the next. I’m getting:

    “Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at xxx.xxx.com.”

    Any ideas?

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    21 years ago

    Contact your host. Maybe there is an upgrade or maintenance going on…

    Thread Starter bodhi

    (@bodhi)

    21 years ago

    the control on that situation is that i have other wp databases on the same server and they’re functioning.. i wish i had more info to provide, but i just don’t. everything was peachy and then i get a call that it suddenly stopped working. /shrug

    fuzzy_logic

    (@fuzzy_logic)

    21 years ago

    If I were you I’d add another user to the database and try to connect through that.

    Thread Starter bodhi

    (@bodhi)

    21 years ago

    thanks for the suggestion – i tried it with no luck. i logged into the MySQL database and all the info is there. i wonder how hard it would be to dump everything and restore it. i guess that depends on how my host is set up. i have all my wp config stuff saved, and i have the MySQL database backed up.. i guess i can try to figure out how to restore it. =(

    Mark (podz)

    (@podz)

    21 years ago

    Have you downloaded and checked the wp-config file ?
    I’ve known it where a host moved a domain and screwed the files up.

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