Title: Installation Error – database name incorrect
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Installation Error – database name incorrect

 *  [sphyr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sphyr/)
 * (@sphyr)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-database-name-incorrect/)
 * I’ve been using blogger.com and want to upgrade. I learned html and css last 
   month (well, ok, I think I have html down, and css I can stumble through). I 
   know -0- php, but part of the reason I want to switch is to learn php.
    I have
   a domain name at [http://chasingthewind.net](http://chasingthewind.net), hosted
   by GoDaddy.com. I’ve verified they support php 4.1 or greater and mysql 3.23.23
   or greater. I click on “databases”, “add a database”. It asks me for a username(
   I choose “c_admin”) and a password (“123”). After a few minutes, GoDaddy tells
   me mySQL database is active. Host name = mysql7.secureserver.net, username=c_admin,
   size 0MB. There’s an “open manager” button that tells me my database is c_admin,
   no tables found in database, and gives me an option to create a new table on 
   c_admin (I can select “Name” and “Fields”). I don’t know what to put here, I’m
   assuming WordPress will take care of this during installation. In my wp-config.
   php file, I write: // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘c_admin’); //
   The name of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘c_admin’); // Your MySQL username
   define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘123’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);//
   99% chance you won’t need to change this value When I run the install.php, I 
   get this: Error establishing a database connection! This probably means that 
   the connection information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect. Double check
   it and try again. Are you sure you have the correct user/password? Are you sure
   that you have typed the correct hostname? Are you sure that the database server
   is running? Am I suppose to do something with that table? Is the hostname the
   same as the name of the database? I don’t know where to go from here.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-database-name-incorrect/#post-56142)
 * “mysql7.secureserver.net”
    That looks like the mysql, but not a database within
   it. If you have phpmyadmin, open that up and check the db name. Or contact your
   hosting co and see what they say.
 *  Thread Starter [sphyr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sphyr/)
 * (@sphyr)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-database-name-incorrect/#post-56204)
 * After I changed my db_host entry as you suggested, the installation went flawlessly.

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 * Last reply from: [sphyr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sphyr/)
 * Last activity: [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-database-name-incorrect/#post-56204)
 * Status: not resolved

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