New setup, Complete Newbie

  • Newbie

    (@newbie)


    20 years, 5 months ago

    Hi, I’m trying to setup wordpress I’m getting the following :
    “Can’t select database
    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the WordPress database.
    Are you sure it exists?
    On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem? “

    the box is mandrake, running apache 2.0.53, php 4.3.10 and MySQL 4.1.11

    I followed the steps for setting up a DB and user in MySQL, double checked all spelling, etc.

    I’m a complete newbie in this, having just started. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what to do now? There is no one left here to ask…..

    Thanks

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  • chaaban

    (@chaaban)

    20 years, 5 months ago

    Did you create the database ?

    if you have cpanel go to : MySQL Databases

    add a db under -> Db: —– add db

    then add the user to this db .

    it should work …

    Thread Starter Newbie

    (@newbie)

    20 years, 5 months ago

    Thank you for your reply. I just came back on to say “never mind” 🙂 I wiped out the DB and the user, and recreated everything, and now things are working (so far) thanks again for your reply.

    chaaban

    (@chaaban)

    20 years, 5 months ago

    Cool 🙂

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