Unable to install wordpress on 1and1.com

  • I followed instructions carefully, and am having the same exact problem someone else on here encountered with 1and1.com – unfortunately they never posted the Actual Resolution, so it’s in my hopes someone else can tell me the problem with this wp-config.php file:

    <?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'dbo210434532');    // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'dbo210434532');     // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', '********'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'db1021.perfora.net');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix  = 'wp_';   // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress.  A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-content/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.
define ('WPLANG', '');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

    The last person who posted in regards mentioned there was some “Apostrophe issue” – anyone kind enough to fill me in here?

    I get this error page when running the install.php:

    “Can’t select database

    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the dbo210434532 database.”

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  • DB_NAME shouln’t have the “o” following the letters “db.” So instead of dbo210434532, it should be db210434532

    Thread Starter trinaryouroboros

    (@trinaryouroboros)

    My apologies, something strangely tricky about 1and1.com is their Database Name and User Name. When I first set up the database it was set in MySQL 4.0 and had a perfectly matching user and database name, this is Not the case. After making a new 5.0 MySQL database I saw the database was not dbo#########, but db######### – so check that letter “o” for future reference.

    All is well.

    Thread Starter trinaryouroboros

    (@trinaryouroboros)

    Thank you gestroud, wow that was fast!

    From what I’ve seen at 1and1, both 4.0 and 5.0 database users have the letter o.

    I use 1and1, and both MySQL 4.0 and 5.0 use the same naming structure, db######## for the database name and dbo######### for the username.

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