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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Passwords not being emailed to subscribersThanks –
After a little bit of digging around, I found a link to an alternate SMTP email plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
After installing this and playing with a couple of settings, outgoing mail seems to be fine (although it ended up in the junk folder of my test email account at hotmail).
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connection[email addr moderated and email sent] – Thanks
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionSorry – Put this away over the weekend. Amazed at how many problem posts appear at this site.
Regarding the server specs – I am attempting to install on our host servers at Web.com.
Php – 2.10.3
MySQL – V5.0.22
Memory Limit of 1GB but I have only allocated 512MB to databaseForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionGlad to hear I am not alone in working on this problem. I have gone through several iterations of deleting and recreating the database, setting privileges, verifying all of the information in the wp-config file. I am about at wits end.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionHey Chris –
Did you ever get any resolution on this? I have been in contact with my host a couple of times but as of yet, can’t identify any specific problems on their end.
Barry
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionthanks Chris and moshu – i have filed a support ticket with my host but will continue to monitor this thread for a resolution that may give some insight into the issue. If you find a solution, please post it back here.
Thanks,
Barry
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionI don’t even know what to ask the host at this point?? I have deleted and re-created the database several times with the same result. As with most hosts, as soon as you mention a third-party software application, they quickly state that they don’t offer any support. Are there specific questions that I should ask regarding the DB setup?
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionjust for grins, I even created a new user and granted all privileges. I still get the same error. This has to be something really goofy. Like I said, I can get to the database with PHPAdmin, I know it exists, I know I have access rights. This just doesn’t make sense.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionI did check for capitals and even deleted the database that I had created and changed it to all lowercase just to satisfy my own curiosity. I still received the same message back from the install.php. to make sure I wasn’t missing something, I even went back to a clean wp-config-sample.php file and re-entered the information. Still received the same result.
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 50726_wordpress database.I know this database exists and that the user has ALL privileges. I am going to search some other forums as most threads on this topic seem to just end without anyone really describing a solution.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionthis doesn’t seem to be the issue – I have never gotten past this point in the installation of the databases. I have checked the wp-config.php file many, many times. I have checked for spaces, typos, etc. and can’t find anything. I just downloaded the wp-config.php file to see if it was being altered and it doesn’t seem to be. I know that the database exists and I know that the user has access to it, I can get to it from the MySQL manager provided by my webhost. So much for the five minute install.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionHey – got the MySQL Upgrade which turned out to be the problem. However, I am now at the next apparent hurdle –
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 50726_Wordpress database.Are you sure it exists? – YES – Would put a screenshot in here if I could from MySQL Manager. In answer to the question below, the 50726 was the assigned prefix for the database when it was created.
Does the user 1679575 have permission to use the 50726_Wordpress database? YES – Permissions are set to ALL
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 name is exactly as it appears above. I have confirmed that the database is up and running from the MySQL manager and PHPAdmin.
This shouldn’t be that hard ;)!!!!!!!!!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionThanks a lot – I just talked to our webhost and our plan with them had not been updated to include a MySQL database. I think it is just a legacy issue because as soon as I called them they offered us a new plan with both SQL and MySQL databases at the same cost with a free porting of our site. Hopefully, this well resolve any issues that I am having.
Great support forum!!!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectioni have double and triple checked the config file. It could be a problem with SQL vs My SQL. I will have to get more information on that. Are the wp-config.php and the install.php SQL or MySQL specific???