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#1 05-06-2006 13:02:31
- pixelish
- New member
Could not connect to the MySQL database.
I got this error after I pressed the 'submit' button to install the board.
I know nothing about oekaki boards or PHP, so I really am clueless as to what to do!
If someone could help me ASAP, I would really appreciate it! 
Thanks!
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#2 05-06-2006 13:30:31
- pixelish
- New member
Re: Could not connect to the MySQL database.
Wrote database config file...
Wrote config file...
Wrote base “resource” folder files...
Starting to set up database...
Could not connect to the MySQL database.
That's what it's saying, and I've tried 'localhost' and 'sql.dreampixels.net' so I really don't know what to do next.
Please help! 
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#3 05-06-2006 16:30:31
- Waccoon
- Administrator
Re: Could not connect to the MySQL database.
Most of the time, this is because of the server database prefix (for the server itself, not the database prefix in the Wacintaki installer). When you create a database and a db username, the server control panel may automatically add your login name without telling you. If you log into your control panel with the name "bob", and you create a database called "oekaki", the actual name for that database may be "bob_oekaki".
Go into your server control panel and verify the database name and db username. Also make sure that you have assigned a username to the database. Databases have to have their own special usernames and passwords. The login you use for your server control panel will not work with a database connection.
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