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Posted: **Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:44 am**

Hi and happy new year to everyone,

Was wondering if anyone has seen the following problem as of the first of the year.
Everything was working just fine when I did a backup on Dec 31.

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Database Connection Failed
Error: Access denied for user 'saintjo2_admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (1045)
Function Performed: CONNECT
Host/DB: localhost/saintjo2_cmsms
Database Type: mysql

Have been running cmsms 1.2.3 reliably at bluehost.com for about a year now. Original cmsms install ran under PHP at 5.2.5, currently running under PHP 5.2.8.

I'm suspecting a mysql upgrade at the hoster or some sort of password encryption issue. I have not changed anything at the site other than content. Restoring home dir and dbase backups did not fix it.

Thanks for all suggestions.

Posted: **Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:50 am**

This isn't a problem with CMS Made Simple

Contact your host.

Posted: **Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:54 am**

Thanks calguy,

I have logged a ticket with the hoster and am awaiting reply. Their chat level support couldn't resolve the issue.

-drew

Posted: **Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:01 am**

On a whim, I created a new user/pwd for the dbase. After updating config.php everything is back online!

Was it a coincidence that the dbase user/pwd seemed to expire on Dec 31?

-Andrew

"coincidences happen to maximize confusion"

Posted: **Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:28 pm**

Just want to throw my 2 cents in here. It's not January 1, but today after working perfectly for almost two years, I got the same error message. I checked and repaired the database and confirmed that the user information was correct. I also double checked config.php. Nada Nothing. Did a search on the forum and came here.

Thank you, Drew. Your solution also worked for me. I have absolutely NO idea what went wrong but grateful that it's now fixed. This was my business site and I didn't need problems!

If it IS an error with mySQL or the host server, I'd sure like to know what it is.

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