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success but database error (6 posts)

  1. mardie
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Hi,

    Im new to this wordpress mu. I have installed it on a subfolder.. While our wordpress site is on a different subfolder. And i have successfully installed the wordpress mu coz i reached the page that says:

    Installation Finished!

    Congratulations!
    Your WordPress ยต site has been configured.

    But after i click login the page changes to:
    Error establishing a database connection

    I know this is a correct database coz this is the second database that i have created.

  2. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Did you add a database user to it that has all permissions on that database?

  3. mardie
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    yes the user has full permission.. i tried deleting the wp-config.php and installed wordpress mu again.. And its the same.. It says "installation finished"..but same problem as above after trying to log-in.

    did i miss something like apache configuration, etc? coz i dont have logins for the hosting server as my client only gives the database info to me..

    thanks

  4. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Are you sure you put in the right db server? Sometimes it's localhost, on some hosts, it's not.

  5. mardie
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    i checked the wp_config.php of our wordpress site.. the DB_host is just "localhost".. could this be different for wordpress MU?

  6. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    No, it uses whatever db host you tell it to use.

    Recently I have seen installation issues if your db user's password is 6 characters or less.

    Just check to verify everything is correct.

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