Title: “Can’t select database” Message
Last modified: May 6, 2017

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# “Can’t select database” Message

 *  [statehill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/statehill/)
 * (@statehill)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-message-2/)
 * Hello, I have been using my website for a while now and it suddenly gave this
   warning: We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username
   and password is okay) but not able to select the cl53-estatepro database.
 * Are you sure it exists?
    Does the user cl53-estatepro have permission to use 
   the cl53-estatepro database? On some systems the name of your database is prefixed
   with your username, so it would be like username_cl53-estatepro. Could that be
   the problem?
 * I did some research and checked what was suggested, i.e. also reloaded my wp_config.
   php and nothing is helping. Please assist me.
    // ** MySQL settings – You can
   get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress*/
   define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘cl53-estatepro’);
 * /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘cl53-estatepro’);
 * /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘***********’);
 * /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
 * /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’,‘
   utf8’);
 * /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’,”);

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 *  [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * (@sinip)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-message-2/#post-9104472)
 * First thing to do is to login to your cPanel, then go to phpMyAdmin and check
   whether `cl53-estatepro` database (if that’s the real name) really exists and
   if `cl53-estatepro` user has all the permissions.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-message-2/#post-9104472)
 * Status: not resolved

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