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-o_o-

Jul 30 2008, 04:02 PM

For some reason, whenever I try to install phpBB2 I get this:

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Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'stepmania-stuff_'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /www/vndv.com/s/t/e/stepmania-stuff/htdocs/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 48

Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /www/vndv.com/s/t/e/stepmania-stuff/htdocs/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 330

Warning: mysql_errno(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /www/vndv.com/s/t/e/stepmania-stuff/htdocs/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 331
phpBB : Critical Error 

Could not connect to the database

Can anyone help me?

Crown

Jul 30 2008, 04:09 PM

Have you created your Username & Database, and added Permisions to them?

-o_o-

Jul 30 2008, 05:52 PM

yes i have

Crown

Jul 30 2008, 07:13 PM

QUOTE(-o_o- @ Jul 30 2008, 06:52 PM)

yes i have

Whats your website, database name & database username?

-o_o-

Jul 30 2008, 08:29 PM

website: stepmania-stuff.vndv.com

database name: stepmania-stuff_forum

user name: stepmania-stuff_forum

Crown

Jul 30 2008, 08:47 PM

QUOTE(-o_o- @ Jul 30 2008, 09:29 PM)

website: stepmania-stuff.vndv.com

database name: stepmania-stuff_forum

user name: stepmania-stuff_forum

You need to make your website Domain smaller, you can't have no more than 16chars for your database & username.

-o_o-

Jul 31 2008, 01:07 AM

ok, i'll see if that works

Trippin7464

Jul 31 2008, 02:29 PM

QUOTE(-o_o- @ Jul 30 2008, 12:02 PM)

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'stepmania-stuff_'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /www/vndv...

If you check out the red text I highlighted from the error, you can see how instead of showing "stepmania-stuff_forum" it cut off the forum part.

So do like crown says and everything will work great!

Ghost

Jul 31 2008, 09:10 PM

QUOTE(Trippin7464 @ Jul 31 2008, 02:29 PM)

Thanks guys, I had the same problem, I noticed the fact my user name was cut off (The last two letters) but decided I'd check the forums first, better safe than sorry

EDIT:

Well now it's saying I have to move, rename or delete the install directory but I can't.

When I rename it - it doesn't get renamed. It wont move, and it won't be deleted:

QUOTE

Deleted 0 files and 0 dirs.

I tried quitting my browser and making sure I had no ftp connections and I'd refreshed it and the site wasn't active or anything, but ti still wont move, be deleted or renamed... any ideas?

-o_o-

Jul 31 2008, 09:29 PM

i tried that but it didnt work...

-o_o-

Jul 31 2008, 09:42 PM

never mind, i got it fixed

thanks for the help peoples

Trippin7464

Aug 1 2008, 06:49 AM

QUOTE(Ghost @ Jul 31 2008, 05:10 PM)

Thanks guys, I had the same problem, I noticed the fact my user name was cut off (The last two letters) but decided I'd check the forums first, better safe than sorry

EDIT:

Well now it's saying I have to move, rename or delete the install directory but I can't.

When I rename it - it doesn't get renamed. It wont move, and it won't be deleted:

I tried quitting my browser and making sure I had no ftp connections and I'd refreshed it and the site wasn't active or anything, but ti still wont move, be deleted or renamed... any ideas?

Make sure that "show hidden files" is turned on in your FTP client, then delete the .htaccess file and you should be able to delete the directory.

Ghost

Aug 1 2008, 11:26 AM

QUOTE(Trippin7464 @ Aug 1 2008, 06:49 AM)

Make sure that "show hidden files" is turned on in your FTP client, then delete the .htaccess file and you should be able to delete the directory.

I was originally trying to delete it from the filemanager section of my website online, in my websites "control panel"

I'll try deleting the .htaccess file.

EDIT:

I WONT try deleting the .htaccess file because I can't log into my site. When I log in on my Zymic home page bit to my site it doesn't load the page and says there was a connection time out, and the ftp says it can't make a connection. This happened when I was uploading via ftp yesterday, halfway through it just lost connection. I waited though and it caame back, so I'll just do that. Hopefully it'll work later.

Just kinda irritating that every now and then I can't go anywhere near my site :/ I understand that downtime is always going to happen on a free hosting service but, that's twice in two days so far..

What's the usual down time for this host? I know my old one never had any down time, but it didn't support php, which was why I moved.

Forget all that, I just go their email about how they're doing the disk check and such - I guess I'll be leaving it till 3:45 then

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