installation on local host?

[jefferis]

Hi folks, I've gotten to the page on my installation asking me to activate the database and I keep getting an error message about username and password not accepted. I've tried root, admin and my username with the admin password and it isn't working . Don't know which port to use, https://www.screencast.com/t/Co5M3H9nCx

btw, how do I show an image ? keep getting an error saying CMS can't determine file size

[velden]

I'm guessing you're using xampp and iirc it sets up a database with a user root having an empty password.

The cmsms installer requires a non-empty password for the database.
My advice would be to create an extra database user with a password and give it all permissions on the database you're using for the install.

[jefferis]

I'm guessing you're using xampp and iirc it sets up a database with a user root having an empty password.

The cmsms installer requires a non-empty password for the database.
My advice would be to create an extra database user with a password and give it all permissions on the database you're using for the install.

I am using Desktop Server which uses Xampp I am pretty sure. I can create a database with phpmysql, but when I do, it is empty and there isn't a query to run to set one up for CMS. Even if there were, it is hard to figure out how to make CMS use that database from the install files...
Just confused.