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[solved] Could not connect to database error on install

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:29 pm
by ajohnson
I use Godaddy for a shared host. They use an off site MySQL database host. When I get to the point in the install process that  I enter in the database infornation, I get the error that it can't connect to the database. Doing a search on the forum here, I find several solutions but they don't seem to apply to my situation. Maybe they do, but because I don't know anything about PHP or MySQL, I don't see it. I took a few screen shots if that helps. For the host name, I tried both mysql119.secureserver.net and mysqladmin2.secureserver.net:37025 as both are listed in different places in the MySQL admin panel. I checked for extra spaces before and after the username and pwd etc, but cannot connect. I can connect to the DB from the admin panel so I assume the username and pwd are right. I downloaded CMSMS ver .13, the PHP ver is PHP 4.3.11 the MySQL ver is 4.0.24 and the Apache ver is 1.3.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Re: Could not connect to database error on install

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:00 pm
by ajohnson
Ah never mind. I tried mysql119.secureserver.net again for the 30th? time and it worked.

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Re: Could not connect to database error on install

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:16 am
by Phrontis
I just experienced the same problem. Strangely, GoDaddy didn't at first accept the signin for the database, but after a few minutes (and after reading this string above) I tried it again and it worked!?

Re: Could not connect to database error on install

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:09 pm
by Pierre M.
http://nodaddy.com/

This is a 18 months old closed thread. If you have an issue, please describe it in a new thread.

Pierre M.