Title: Database issues on GoDaddy
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database issues on GoDaddy

 *  [drzero328](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drzero328/)
 * (@drzero328)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issues-on-godaddy/)
 * Hello,
 * It seems as if I have everything set up correctly, I uploaded wordpress to the
   topmost directory of my hosting account, I set up a MySQL Database with a user
   name, password and everything. I ensured that the host address was not simply‘
   localhost’ but rather the host location that I got from GoDaddy, yet I keep getting
   the following 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 WordPress database.
 *  * Are you sure it exists?
    * Does the user 26637502 have permission to use the
   WordPress database? * On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with
   your username, so it would be like username_Wordpress. Could that be the problem?
 * If you don’t know how to setup a database you should contact your host. If all
   else fails you may find help at the WordPress Support Forums.
 * If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it, I can supply any additional
   imforation required.
    Thanks, Zach

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issues-on-godaddy/#post-1010294)
 * Two things:
 * 1. When you create a database with Godaddy, it could take up to 30 minutes for
   it to actually get created. So, make sure it doesn’t indicate that the db is 
   still being set-up.
 * 2. Maybe the following video will help you look at what is in your config file
   and spot any possible errors.
 * [http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=148](http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=148)
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issues-on-godaddy/#post-1010300)
 * > We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and
   > password is okay) but not able to select the WordPress database.
 * Also, godaddy does not use “localhost” but something similar to
    p50.secureserver.
   net or mysql33.secureserver.net
 *  [oschmid14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oschmid14/)
 * (@oschmid14)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issues-on-godaddy/#post-1010614)
 * I have the same issue. I have WordPress hosted on GoDaddy. One install under 
   root an one install under /wordpress.
    All was working fine and from literally
   one minute to another I was not able to logon to the WP control panel under root.
   In a matter of fact I was automatically redirected to the WP control panel logon
   under the /wordpress install. When calling up [http://domain/wp-admin/wp-login.php](http://domain/wp-admin/wp-login.php)
   I get the control panel logon screen, but it will not accept username or password.
   It was working fine for 2 days and today I just did a page content change and
   it took he first change but when I tried to submit the second change I was kicked
   out of the WP control panel and was not able to logon anymore. GoDaddy Tech support
   says that somehow the logon script could not read the WP DB and that it most 
   likely was a permissions issue (????). So I changed the permissions for all directories
   to be read/write but no difference. Right now I am reinstalling WP under root
   and see how long this will work.

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

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 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [oschmid14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oschmid14/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issues-on-godaddy/#post-1010614)
 * Status: not resolved

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