Missing database tables

  • I just attempted to install WordPress on to USBWebserver. After going through and creating a database name “WordPress” setting the username and password, the program prompted to press the “Install” button. After doing this the screen goes white with the WordPress Logo at the top but I don’t seen any further activity. When I attempt to re-run the install, the program prompts me that there may be a problem with the table in the database. When I click on the “repair tables” link I get the following report.

    wp_posts: Table ‘wordpress.wp_posts’ doesn’t exist
    wp_links: Table ‘wordpress.wp_links’ doesn’t exist
    wp_options: Table ‘wordpress.wp_options’ doesn’t exist
    wp_postmeta: Table ‘wordpress.wp_postmeta’ doesn’t exist

    What have I done wrong and how do I fix it?

    Thanks for any assistance someone might be able to provide.

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  • Moderator t-p

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    have you discussed this issue with your hosting provider?

    further reading: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress

    May I suggest you try a local web server stack other than USBWebserver. Many on this forum have experience with XAMPP, WAMPServer, etc. My personal fave is the Uniform Server.

    I would seem that your database did not get installed correctly/completely. You can just drop that one, create a new one and try again.

    Hello,

    You don’t have permission to create table in database. Ask with your hosting provider or create database and provide all permission.

    Depending on the setup your host has, you may have to manually create the database using phpmyadmin or your hosts database manager. And then during the WordPress setup enter the same database name as you give your database when manually creating it using phpmyadmin.

    I have run into this issue from time to time and it was because i was trying to connect to a database that wasn’t there. and by Database i mean the database not the database host.

    This may or may not be your problem.

    Hope this helps ??

    Hi,

    I had a similar issue. Check your wp-config file and make sure your database name is the same as the database on your site. The database prefix may be different, as was in my case.

    Hope that helps solve your problem.

    What’s weird is that only those four tables did not build correctly. Can you check in phpmyadmin if the all the other wp_ tables were created?
    Did you actually build this on a USB drive? Are you sure there was enough space to create all the tables as well as hold all the WP files?

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