Error establishing a database connection

  • Hi all,

    I have successfully set up several WP installs using WP/Godaddy but tonight I received the above referenced error when trying to run the install script.

    I downloaded a fresh WP in zip form, setup a MySQL database through the Godaddy database setup, viewed the connection strings, renamed the wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, inserted the correct connection strings, uploaded in the root of my domain, and ran the install url. I was presented with the Error establishing a database connection message.

    After checking and re-checking my connection strings, and deleting and re-uploading WP to the root, I am still confronted with the same message. I called Godaddy and they verified that the connection string I’m using are correct.

    Is it possible that something had gotten changed in the WP files before I downloaded that may be broken?

    Any help to go further is very appreciated:)

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  • 1. Verify that the four pieces of information you placed in wp-config.php are correct. DB_HOST on godaddy will be like mysql249.secureserver.net.

    2. Use the Godaddy phpMyAdmin instructions to access the database

    3. Consider that the database server is really down–check with godaddy at this US number 408-505-8877

    Thread Starter Adam W. Warner

    (@awarner20)

    Michael,

    Thanks for your advice but I have already done all you suggest (as written in my original post).

    I have found a solution, although the cause is still a mystery…

    I simply deleted the original database and created a new one through the Godday Admin area. I used the new connection strings in my wp-config.php file and the installation went fine.

    I can only assume that there was some kind of corruption somewhere along the line when I created the first database.

    Adam

    If it happens again, see if you can use phpMyAdmin to access that database.

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