Title: Database questions
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Database questions

 *  [databhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/databhi/)
 * (@databhi)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/)
 * Hi all.
    Sorry if this may sound like a silly question, but I have no idea how
   to get started about this topic, and so I hope that you’d be so kind and forgive
   my stupidity. Ok, I know that my host provides a mySQL support and I know where
   the right folder is located too… well, my questions are these: “Have I to create
   a database in order to install WP? it’s not provided in the download file, isn’t
   it? If I have to create it, how to?”. Thanks very much in advance.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/#post-93328)
 * Got cpanel ?
    [http://wiki.wordpress.org/Cpanel](http://wiki.wordpress.org/Cpanel)
 *  Thread Starter [databhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/databhi/)
 * (@databhi)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/#post-93333)
 * No, I haven’t it. I’ve just created a blank DB with MS Access… Is that a right
   idea? But now I’m getting “Error establishing a database connection!” when I 
   launch install.php on my browser though. Help please!
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/#post-93335)
 * You need to have a name for the database.
    I don’t know MS Access, but in phpmyadmin(
   a mysql admin tool) I create a database by inputting a name. The connection will
   also need a username and password – the host should provide some sort of ‘connection
   string’ which contains the info you need.
 *  Thread Starter [databhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/databhi/)
 * (@databhi)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/#post-93339)
 * Thanks very much podz, I’ll try and let you know! 🙂
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/#post-93341)
 * > I’ve just created a blank DB with MS Access… Is that a right idea?
 * Nope. It is not!
    MS Access is **another kind** of database – and I assume that
   you’ve created a DB on your own computer. What you need is a MySQL database on
   your host server – either created by your host or yourself. If you are unsure,
   just contact your host.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-questions/#post-93344)
 * Oops….. shows what I know 🙂
    If you want to setup on your machine, have a look
   at xampp [http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html](http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html)

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