Title: Database Connection Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Connection Error

 *  Resolved [FxMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fxman/)
 * (@fxman)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-7/)
 * I was cutting and pasting the Database info into either the wp-config file or
   the wizard that creates the wp-config file.
    I used Dreamweaver to view and edit.
 * I could not get it to connect so I finally called my host 1and1 with what appeared
   to be the correct DB settings.
    They checked the code and said there was a space
   in front of the pw and host name. There was no such space in Dreamweaver. I used
   notepad++ to edit the file and whoa doggy, there were in fact spaces.
 * I use the Firefox extension for cutting where you just have to highlight the 
   text and it automatically puts it in the clipboard..
    When I pasted it there 
   was a tab space in front of the text, so I would just delete that. Apparently
   I was missing the invisible space. (is that an oxymoron?)
 * After fixing said spaces, the install proceeded as expected.
 * I hope this helps somebody.
 * Mark

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