Title: Mac using MAMP — Database error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Mac using MAMP — Database error

 *  [pdbnurse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pdbnurse/)
 * (@pdbnurse)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-using-mamp-database-error/)
 * I’m using a Mac with OS 10.4.11 and using MAMP with the following versions: Apache/
   2.0.63 (Unix) PHP/5.2.11 DAV/2, MySQL client version: 5.1.37 and phpMyAdmin Version
   3.2.4. The database setup with this version of phpMyAdmin is different enough
   from phpMyAdmin 2.6.0 used in the WordPress online instructions that I’m not 
   entirely sure I have set up the database correctly. I created a new database ‘
   wordpress’ with a user ‘wordpress’ and password, yet every time I attempt the
   WordPress install, I get ‘Error in establishing database connection’ whether 
   I create the config file manually or let it generate it. I even tried the hint
   to reset the MySQL password via an SQL query.
    What am I missing here? Thanks.

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