Can't select database

  • nmarkard

    (@nmarkard)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    My blog has disappeared – when trying to go to the site, WordPress tells me:

    Can’t select database
    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the db214889896 database.
    * Are you sure it exists?
    * 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?
    If you don’t know how to setup a database you should contact your host. If all else fails you may find help at the WordPress Support Forums.

    The main site (akademie-rs.de) works fine. That site belongs to a church academy, so I’m not sure I will be able to get (timely) support from anyone there.

    I have no idea what could have happened or how I can start to fix this myself.

    The site has been around for about five years now. A friend set it up for me (now on vacation, of course…), and I have only ever added or changed content, so I don’t understand the forum posts about MySQL etc., nor do I know where or how to enter “username_wordpress”. Do I have to download the WP package and all that? Would I be able to use my login that I use to add content to get access?

    Please help!
    Thank you.

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  • Krishna

    (@1nexus)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Do you have FTP access to your hosting cPanel? Or, can you login to your hosting account?

    Thread Starter nmarkard

    (@nmarkard)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for your answer, Krishna – no, I cannot login to the hosting account, as I don’t know how to do that, nor probably have the necessary data. Is this something I need to ask the people at akademie-rs.de about?

    smartblogger21

    (@smartblogger21)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    I think your MySQL extension is disabled, so you need to first check.

    Krishna

    (@1nexus)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Is this something I need to ask the people at akademie-rs.de about?

    If they are the people hosting/managing your site, you need to ask them.

    Thread Starter nmarkard

    (@nmarkard)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you. Sounds like there’s nothing I can do at the moment then.

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