“Can’t select database” after upgrade

  • Resolved dmetzcher

    (@dmetzcher)


    15 years, 3 months ago

    I attempted to use the automatic upgrade feature in the WordPress admin section. After several minutes, my browser timed out. Then I got a blank white page while trying to access the site.

    I deleted all the files on the site and uploaded the latest version of WordPress (2.8.3). I attempted to access the upgrade page.

    “Can’t select database”

    Attempting to access the root of the domain…
    “Error establishing a database connection”

    What can I do? Please help me. This is a little insane. I attempted to allow WordPress to do what it’s supposed to be able to do and it brought the site down.

    Thank you.

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  • Hi,

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect so reset the details or you can not contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down. Hence, contact your hosting service provider.

    I suggest you to do manualy upgrade the database to overcome such issues.

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

    Thread Starter dmetzcher

    (@dmetzcher)

    Thanks for the response! I found the issue (somehow the config file was incorrect… I have been working on multiple sites today and I must have swapped the file). It was my fault, although I’m finding additional problems with the theme now after the upgrade. I’m going to contact the theme developer and see what he says about that before I go further in the forums here.

    Thanks again.

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