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

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# Can’t select database – error

 *  Resolved [wtfjacques](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wtfjacques/)
 * (@wtfjacques)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-error-3/)
 * Today I moved wordpress from one server to another. I followed the steps from:
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server)
   [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/move2/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/move2/)
   [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/)
 * Everything went well. I have created a new database, username, password (which
   are all the same, so I don’t need to change my wp_config). And then I imported
   the backup database in phpMyAdmin. And then I transfered every other file onto
   my new server.
 * HOWEVER, when I try to access my blog, I get 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 preps_wp
   database.
 * —-
    That database exists and with the same name and content because I am looking
   at it right now.
 * What is the problem then? and how can I fix it?
 * Thank you in advance.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-error-3/#post-493781)
 * I’d check typos, keeping in mind the case-sensitivity of the name.

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 * [moving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/moving/)

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