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

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# Error establishing a database connection

 *  [jason_a](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason_a/)
 * (@jason_a)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-77/)
 * Hi,
 * Out of the blue, I started receiving this error. Nothing has been touched so 
   I have no idea. The info in the config file is correct so I’m stumped.
 * Any ideas?
 * Regards,
    Jason

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-77/#post-862149)
 * Most likely the database server is down. Check with your host.
 *  Thread Starter [jason_a](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason_a/)
 * (@jason_a)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-77/#post-862154)
 * Well, they say it isn’t. Plus, my other site that is running on the same server
   is up and running.
 * Regards,
    Jason
 *  Thread Starter [jason_a](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason_a/)
 * (@jason_a)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-77/#post-862159)
 * Fixed! I just deleted the database user then added a new one and then updated
   my congig file. 🙂
 * Regards,
    Jason

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 * Last reply from: [jason_a](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason_a/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-77/#post-862159)
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