WordPress Database Error @ Step 2

  • mjsd1

    (@mjsd1)


    21 years, 1 month 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) )

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  • ColdForged

    (@coldforged)

    21 years, 1 month ago

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

    ColdForged

    (@coldforged)

    21 years, 1 month 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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