willbisbee
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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: WP not seeing databaseOkay, on the theory that perhaps I had used an illegal file name, username (perhaps too long) or password (the asterisk),
I finally just deleted the MySQL database, created a new one with shorter file and user_name, an created a password with no asterisk(*) in it. Changed my wp-config.php file to reflect the new database, and it came right up. Problem solved. Consider me fixed.Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: WP not seeing databaseI am also having the same problem. After configuring and uploading WordPress files, running wp-config.php gives me the “Error establishing a database connection” page. Having just created the user name and password, I find it hard to believe that is the problem. I used an asterisk (*) in the password, but doubt that Unix (my Web hosting server) will have a problem with that (haven’t figured out how to change it anyway short of deleting the database and starting over from scratch). PHPMyAdmin indicates that the server name is sql2.bravehost.com, whereas my site is on http://www.bravenet.com leading me to believe I need to set ‘DB_HOST’ to that sql server and not ‘localhost’ in my config file. Anyway, I tried the config file both ways; neither worked. Based on one of the earlier responses here from gaefke, is there a way to log onto that sql2.bravehost.com server and check the database name and password directly? PHPMyAdmin indicates the database server is up and running.