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# apathic

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [can’t contact database server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/)
 *  Thread Starter [apathic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apathic/)
 * (@apathic)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/#post-1193596)
 * I’ll do that right away.
    Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [can’t contact database server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/)
 *  Thread Starter [apathic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apathic/)
 * (@apathic)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/#post-1193594)
 * The database and user I created are connected.
 * The problem is the privileges, then?
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [can’t contact database server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/)
 *  Thread Starter [apathic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apathic/)
 * (@apathic)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/#post-1193508)
 * **figaro** – After watching the video I checked database/user/password/host again
   to make sure. They’re all fine. I guess that’s not the problem, then.
 * **Kailash1** – How do I give my user privileges? The only options I have are 
   to delete a user or to match a user with a database.
    I stumbled upon a tutorial
   that mentioned doing that with phpMyAdmin so I tried that myself, but I don’t
   have “privileges” in there. I just don’t. Also, the database looks completely
   blank. I mean, there are no tables at all. It’s empty. Is that bad?
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [can’t contact database server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/)
 *  Thread Starter [apathic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apathic/)
 * (@apathic)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-contact-database-server/#post-1193490)
 * Thanks for the reply apljdi!
 * There is no tyop (I’ve checked a hundred times). I also didn’t meddle with the
   file and changed things recklessly.
    I didn’t edit it in Word. I used notepad.
   My database is indeed MySQL (I actually had to check it just now to make sure,
   though. ha ha I’m so clueless).
 * Why does WordPress hate me so?

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