Title: Database error; table does not exist?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Database error; table does not exist?

 *  [eggs0802](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggs0802/)
 * (@eggs0802)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/)
 * I’m sorry to be asking for help again so soon but I really suck at this. So I
   finally got the config.php right enough to get into the installation page but
   this is the error that comes up:
 * WordPress database error: [Table ‘sarah_wordpress.wp_options’ doesn’t exist]
   
   INSERT INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload)
   VALUES (‘template’, ‘default’, ”, ‘yes’)
 * WordPress database error: [Table ‘sarah_wordpress.wp_options’ doesn’t exist]
   
   INSERT INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload)
   VALUES (‘stylesheet’, ‘default’, ”, ‘yes’)
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/sarah/public_html/Wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php:102) in /home/sarah/
   public_html/Wordpress/wp-admin/install.php on line 16
 * :S I’m really not sure what to do. I’d really appreciate it again if you could
   help 😛

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 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/#post-417266)
 * Can you describe the steps you used to install? Or is this an upgrade?
 *  Thread Starter [eggs0802](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggs0802/)
 * (@eggs0802)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/#post-417289)
 * Sure, (and no its not an upgrade.)But I haven’t installed it all yet. I’ve only
   gotten to the first page.
    I saved the zip, created a MySql database. Then I 
   opened config.php and changed it. Then I uploaded everything and went to the 
   install page, and this is what appeared.
 *  [katesgasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katesgasis/)
 * (@katesgasis)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/#post-417291)
 * What did you put for your DB_NAME?
 *  Thread Starter [eggs0802](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggs0802/)
 * (@eggs0802)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/#post-417293)
 * I put sarah_wordpress
 *  [katesgasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katesgasis/)
 * (@katesgasis)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/#post-417294)
 * And the database you created for wordpress is named sarah_wordpress? If you use
   cpanel to create your database, it usually prepend something. Like mine, I named
   my wp db as kates but when cpanel created it, the name that came out is kg_kates,
   kg being my username. Just check the actual database name created by you.

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [katesgasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katesgasis/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-table-does-not-exist/#post-417294)
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