Title: duplicator cannot find database
Last modified: April 29, 2017

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# duplicator cannot find database

 *  Resolved [gcwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcwp/)
 * (@gcwp)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-cannot-find-database/)
 * Hello
 * When running duplicator on the second site and testing the database I get the
   error message that the database cannot be found.
 * I then use cPanel and can see that the database is indeed there!
 * Why cannot duplicator find it?
 * Cheers
 * Geoff

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-cannot-find-database/#post-9081542)
 * Hey [@gcwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcwp/),
 * Thanks for the feedback! There are a few items on the FAQ that may provide a 
   solution with this issue, this one may get you going.
 *     – I’m running into issues with the Database what can I do?
        – [https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/faqs-tech/#faq-installer-100-q](https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/faqs-tech/#faq-installer-100-q)
 * Let me know if any of them help~
 *  Thread Starter [gcwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcwp/)
 * (@gcwp)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-cannot-find-database/#post-9082259)
 * Sorry to say it was my own fault !!
 * I created a mysql user but forgot to ADD said user to the database!
 * All went well after that. I suppose a pity the error message could not tell me
   this!?
 * Cheers
 * Geoff
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicator-cannot-find-database/#post-9082381)
 * Hey Geoff,
 * We are working to improve that process this year, by end of year we hope to have
   a database integrity checker built into the installer to help isolate these types
   of errors…
 * Thanks~

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