Title: Problems upon launching wp-install
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problems upon launching wp-install

 *  [scforclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scforclark/)
 * (@scforclark)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-upon-launching-wp-install/)
 * Greetings…having a few setup problems.
    When I tried to launch wp-install in 
   Internet Explorer, I got the following: SQL/DB Error — [ Error establishing a
   database connection! 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? ] SQL/DB Error — [ Error selecting database wordpress! Are
   you sure it exists? Are you sure there is a valid database connection? ] Then,
   underneath that, the “Welcome to wordpress” paragraph. Any ideas what’s wrong?
   Thanks in advance.

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 *  Thread Starter [scforclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scforclark/)
 * (@scforclark)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-upon-launching-wp-install/#post-26055)
 * No, I haven’t. I’ve just been following the 5 min install and I made it to step
   5. Do I need to manually create a database?
 *  [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/)
 * (@cena)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-upon-launching-wp-install/#post-26057)
 * Well, your error message means either you didn’t put the right username/password/
   etc in wp-config.php, or you don’t have a database created at all. If the latter
   is the case, then you need to manually create one.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-upon-launching-wp-install/#post-26057)
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