jeremyrh
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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install claims I already installed!Thanks for replying.
As I recall, I did use that option – I was careful to follow the procedure exactly.
In any case – it now appears that the problem is more profound, as I get this message EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO DATABASE AT ALL!!!
If I could find a simple way to demonstrate that this is because of a server glitch I cold ask my ISP to look into it, but as it stands it’s just “a guy has a problem with a complex package” and they (understandably) aren’t helping.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Anyone have simple .php to check database?Matt – exactly, and the more obvious I can make it to them the more likely they’ll look into it. From theîr point of view, right now it’s a case of “a user has a problem installing a complex package”, not “a user ran a simple php script and got an anomalous result”.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Anyone have simple .php to check database?Previous thread was
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/31702
BTWForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Anyone have simple .php to check database?It’s not – according to phpMyAdmin, but running setup I get a load of messages about already having WP installed, which makes me suspect some server-side weirdness. (In fact I can put random db names in wp-config and it says the same thing)
If, for the sake or argument, I can point at some simple code that “finds” the db which doesn’t exist then I can ask my ISP to fix it. At the moment it’s a case of blind guesswork!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install claims I already installed!I am ftp’ing using Transmit, following the same prodedure I used when I installed it the first time.
The only thing I can imagine is that it is somehow to do with the fact that both domains reside on the same physical server – that doesn’t make sense, I know, but I’m at a loss to see what could be going on!!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install claims I already installed!In my config file I have tried:
dbname for newly created, blank database, with prefix wp, and later with prefix xy
dbname for database that hasn’t been created yetIn all 3 cases I get the same error as above.
As far as I can see, the install script looks in the named database for the prefixed tables and if these exist returns the “already created” error. In this case that doesn’t seem to be working properly as neither database nor tables exist.
cheers,
Jeremy.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install claims I already installed!I ran upgrade, which doesn’t return an error, and directs me to my blog page, which is blank. which is no big surprise as the db has no tables (I checked)
Starting again with a new db has the same result.
Running the script with the name of a db that doesn’t even exist has the same result.
I’m sort of at a brick wall here as I have no idea how to debug the install script!