Title: (another) missing DB name
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# (another) missing DB name

 *  [lauriet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriet/)
 * (@lauriet)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-missing-db-name/)
 * (This was not a good time to discover that my web host keeps M-F 9 to 5 hours
   on the support desk, and may indeed be something I need to send their way.Thanks
   for your patience!)
 * The name the ISP assigned to my database is ‘userdb_12345_1’.
    I thought the 
   name should be the blog name, but I can’t see where to change it. It allows me
   to set up a new db, but gives it the name ‘userdb_12345_2’ Is it likely that 
   I can change the name, or must I wait until Monday? (And, no – I’m not techie.
   Why do you ask? :))

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 *  [DianeV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianev/)
 * (@dianev)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-missing-db-name/#post-491531)
 * I’m not sure that I understand your question, but the username for the blog _database_
   has nothing to do with the name of the blog.
 * Just set up your blog, and put the username, password, etc. **for your database**
   that your web host gave you in the config.php, and you should be good to go. 
   And then you can name the blog (from within your WordPress control panel) anything
   you like.
 *  Thread Starter [lauriet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriet/)
 * (@lauriet)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-missing-db-name/#post-491541)
 * Hi Diane, thanks for your note. Sorry if I wasn’t very clear earlier. This is
   the note that shows up on the install page:
 * “We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and
   password is okay) but not able to select the theblog database.”
 * ‘Theblog’is the name of my blog. On the config.php page, I’ve entered the assigned
   info from the web host (including ‘userdb_12345_1’ as the database name), but
   it seems to be looking for the blog name ..? Your note makes sense to me, but
   when I read the error message, I don’t know what needs to be changed.
 *  [DianeV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianev/)
 * (@dianev)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-missing-db-name/#post-491543)
 * Okay. If you look at config.php, you’ll see that it asks for:
 * database name
    database username database password database host
 * The above message indicates that the username, password and *perhaps* the host
   are correct, but that you don’t have the correct database name. Bear in mind,
   again, that this has nothing to do with _what you are going to call your blog
   once you get it installed_; that has nothing to do with this part of the setup.
   And you cannot assign a database name from the config.php file — so putting something
   like “Diane’s Fantastic Blog” or even “theblog” is not going to work.
 * You name your blog _after_ you install WordPress, and it has no effect on the
   database name (and vice versa).
 * What is needed here is the _database name assigned by your web host_. That’s 
   what you need in your config.php.
 *  Thread Starter [lauriet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriet/)
 * (@lauriet)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-missing-db-name/#post-491650)
 * Among other problems, I hadn’t uploaded my updated,”correct” script to the right
   folder. (Shouldn’t try this sort of thing late at night)
    Diane, thanks so much
   for your time and help.

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 * Last reply from: [lauriet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriet/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-missing-db-name/#post-491650)
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