Title: Error establishing a database connection
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error establishing a database connection

 *  [mistywindow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mistywindow/)
 * (@mistywindow)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-48/)
 * I have 3 active blogs on addon domains. The parent domain is [http://www.mistywindow.com/](http://www.mistywindow.com/).
   Two blogs are OK, but my main one at the add-on domain [http://mywitsend.co.nz](http://mywitsend.co.nz)
   gives the above error when opening in a browser:
 * 1. I had not made any changes since the last successful logon in a browser.
 * 2. A database repair but it didn’t fix the problem.
 * 3. Bluehost said this:
    “We apologize for the trouble you’ve been having, there
   was a bump in the msql service all should be working now however”
 * 4. It hadn’t fixed the problem. Eventually they suggested that I:
    “logon and
   change the theme to default then back and everything should work.”
 * 5. If I login here:
    [http://mywitsend.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2F](http://mywitsend.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2F)
   Logging on appears to work, but I can’t actually go anywhere from the logon.
 * :o(
 * I’ve tried going directly to various PHP pages after logging on. Just a blank
   page.
 * Do I need to bite the bullet and get on with my life?
 * **Help!**

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 * Last reply from: [mistywindow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mistywindow/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-48/)
 * Status: not resolved

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