Database error

  • Resolved sidea

    (@sidea)


    14 years, 7 months ago

    Calling all cleverer than me….
    Supposing that there once was an idiot! And perhaps he was in the process of installing a new WordPress site. Believing he was clever he logged into the control panel of his hosting company, and he noted the long and complicated U/N and P/W details of his relevant MYSQL database. He then edited his wp-config file based on the above, saved the file, uploaded it on ftp and subsequently navigated to https://www.domain_name/wp-admin/install.php and received a “Error establishing a database connection”. Where might this idiot have made an error? If you let me know I will be sure that he gets the message.
    Kindest regards

    Friend of an idiot…

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  • He may have incorrectly transcribed the long and complicated U/N and P/W details of his relevant MYSQL database into his wp-config.php file. I’d suggest he doublechecks this file and also ensures that he is using the correct MySQL host name.

    Thread Starter sidea

    (@sidea)

    Thanks Esmi, I passed this on to my hard of learning friend and he found a rogue hash stroke on his U/N. He then emtied the folders on the offending db after a prompt from wp but he now gets the following error from wp maintenance:

    The wp_commentmeta table is not okay. It is reporting the following error: Table ‘stbocouk_446565_db1.wp_commentmeta’ doesn’t exist. WordPress will attempt to repair this table…
    Failed to repair the wp_commentmeta table. Error: Table ‘stbocouk_446565_db1.wp_commentmeta’ doesn’t exist

    He has contacted the hosting company but suspects he won’t get much joy there…

    Any thoughts?

    Thread Starter sidea

    (@sidea)

    Doh!

    I then deleted the folders on the db in readiness for the new ones and it all worked!

    Did I say I, I meant to say my friend then did that eh!

    Thanks for your help.

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