Title: Getting Error Message
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Getting Error Message

 *  [martilaughs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martilaughs/)
 * (@martilaughs)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/)
 * When I go to my URL, 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 mysql. 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? – – – – – Every support forum/documentation
   place I have searched here says “Contact your host”.
 * I contacted Yahoo Webhosting and spent the last half an hour on the phone with
   them. They swear there is nothing wrong on their end, that it has to be a WordPress
   problem.
 * Can anyone help me? Thanks.

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 *  [teejay08](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teejay08/)
 * (@teejay08)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/#post-378628)
 * I am encountering the problem too.
 * Send Yahoo an email here: [wh-php@yahoo-inc.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/wh-php@yahoo-inc.com?output_format=md)
 *  Thread Starter [martilaughs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martilaughs/)
 * (@martilaughs)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/#post-378630)
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [martilaughs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martilaughs/)
 * (@martilaughs)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/#post-378665)
 * Mine just came back – hope yours did!
 *  [yahooguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yahooguy/)
 * (@yahooguy)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/#post-378931)
 * Last week, we tried an upgraded piece of software in one of our farms as part
   of our regular efforts to make our FastCGI environment even faster. Although 
   this upgraded component tested smoothly in QA, one database server in the farm
   required some additional work. This caused the ‘unable to connect to db’ errors
   many of you saw recently. The db server work happened as soon as we learned about
   this issue and we believe will no longer cause issues. We’re monitoring the associated
   box closely and will react quickly if anything needs further attention.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [yahooguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yahooguy/)
 * Last activity: [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-error-message/#post-378931)
 * Status: not resolved

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