Title: Errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Errors

 *  [fas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fas/)
 * (@fas)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-4/)
 * Hi all and nice to be part of the forum
 * I Am trying to install wordpress on ym server. I created an sql database called
   WordPress, then created a new user Name: Gus Pass: jones, this is what it looks
   like in my server.
    Users in WordPress jones_Gus (Privileges: ALL PRIVILEGES)
 * Connection Strings
    Perl $dbh = DBI->connect(“DBI:mysql:jones_Wordpress:localhost”,”
   jones_Gus”,”<PASSWORD HERE>”); PHP $dbh=mysql_connect (“localhost”, “jones_Gus”,“
   <PASSWORD HERE>”) or die (‘I cannot connect to the database because: ‘ . mysql_error());
   mysql_select_db (“jones_Wordpress”);
 * I altered the php file to this
    <?php // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’,‘
   WordPress’); // The name of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘Gus’); // Your MySQL
   username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘jones’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘
   localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install 
   de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.
   php’); ?>
 * I uploaded it to my server but when i run the install php I get this:
    Error 
   establishing a database connection This either means that the username and password
   information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database
   server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.
 * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    Are you sure that you
   have typed the correct hostname? Are you sure that the database server is running?
   If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host.
   If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums. et 
   this:
 * In my sql datbase I have several installations done with fantastico and they 
   are the same to look at as the sql database I created.
 * I only alterd the top part putting in my db name etc nothing else.
    Ant ideas
   what I am doing wrong?
 * first time to try this.
 * Gus

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 *  Thread Starter [fas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fas/)
 * (@fas)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-4/#post-434762)
 * I have sorted it I didnt put a prefix jones in before the info ie
 * define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘jones_Wordpress’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’,‘
   jones_Gus’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘jones’); // …and password
   define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
 * Cheers all
 * Gus
 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-4/#post-434771)
 * Perhaps you can mark this resolved, then?

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 * Last reply from: [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-4/#post-434771)
 * Status: not resolved

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