Title: Can’t select database
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Can’t select database

 *  [mamjed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mamjed/)
 * (@mamjed)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-6-3/)
 * my server wont install wordpress and it keeps giving me this error.
 * 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 mamjed_wordpress 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.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-6-3/#post-652754)
 * Make sure that the database user exists, that you have the correct password, 
   and that the database user is assigned privileges to that database.

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## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/)
 * [server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/server/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-6-3/#post-652754)
 * Status: not resolved

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