database error

  • Resolved iamstatic

    (@iamstatic)


    18 years, 1 month ago

    i am having a hell of a time trying to get the database connection to work.

    i am on an alternate domain with media temple on a grid-service…

    my info:
    database name: db33428_obscura_blog
    database user: db33428_obscura
    database password: xxxxxxxx
    internal hostname: internal-db.s33428.gridserver.com
    external hostname: external-db.s33428.gridserver.com

    this is what i have:
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘db33428_obscura_blog’);
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘db33428_obscura’);
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxx’);
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

    *if i change host to ‘internal-db.s33428.gridserver.com’ it directs me to ‘http://localhost:8888/’

    *if i change host to the external link i get the error establishing a database connection.

    *i feel like this has to do with it being an alternate domain in media temple….i have a blog in the main domain and the connection works fine. media temple tells me its fine just use the internal host…yet that doesnt work.

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    18 years, 1 month ago

    I would have guessed that internal-db.s33428.gridserver.com should work. Did you try the external value for DB_HOST?

    What does it show for ‘server’ in phpMyAdmin? Sometimes that can be a clue.

    Thread Starter iamstatic

    (@iamstatic)

    18 years, 1 month ago

    that was a crazy problem….

    i figured it out. it kept directing me to local host because i installed it locally first for testing and tried to import that same database.

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