If you are getting the above error, this means either:
1. One or more of the following is wrong in your config.php file:
- $config['Database']['dbname']
- $config['MasterServer']['servername'] (except in rare cases, this should almost always be left as 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1')
- $config['MasterServer']['username']
- $config['MasterServer']['password'] (On some hosts your db password may be resticted to 8 characters or less.)
If you are unsure of what the appropriate values are then you will need to ask your web host.
2. Or that this db user is not assigned to that database or does not have permission to access MySQL to create or access a database. You may need to first manually create the database and assign the db user to it. Since each web host is different, if you do not know how to do this then contact your web host for help.
3. It may sound silly but make sure you are uploading the edited config.php file to the correct directory, the vB 'includes' directory.
4. Or you are running MySQL 4.1.x. As of MySQL 4.1.X there is a new password hashing system. PHP4 does not have builtin support for it as of yet, however PHP5 and the MySQLi library do. In order for your old PHP4 MySQL clients to be able to connect to the MySQL 4.1.X database you need to rehash the password using the old method. You should be able to run the following query to make it possible for PHP4 to access the MySQL 4.1.X database.
SET PASSWORD FOR 'username'@'localhost' = OLD_PASSWORD('password');
...with 'username' and 'password' being the new 'username' and 'password' settings in your config.php file. This needs to be run as the MySQL 'root' user from the MySQL prompt, so if you do not have root access to this server you will need to ask your host to do this for you.
More info is here:
5. In rare instances this probem can also occur if you already have the maximum number of databases your host allows and you do not have permission to create any new databases.
There is one way around this, although is it less than ideal. And that is to install vB into an existing database. To do this, edit the config.php file to use those db details and make sure you edit the 'tableprefix' line to assign a unique prefix to the vBulletin tables. For instance:
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = 'vB3_';
Then when you do the install, it will say the database already exists and ask you if you want to empty it. You must answer 'No' otherwise this will remove your other database info.
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Further info concerning this and other connection errors can be found here:
1. One or more of the following is wrong in your config.php file:
- $config['Database']['dbname']
- $config['MasterServer']['servername'] (except in rare cases, this should almost always be left as 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1')
- $config['MasterServer']['username']
- $config['MasterServer']['password'] (On some hosts your db password may be resticted to 8 characters or less.)
If you are unsure of what the appropriate values are then you will need to ask your web host.
2. Or that this db user is not assigned to that database or does not have permission to access MySQL to create or access a database. You may need to first manually create the database and assign the db user to it. Since each web host is different, if you do not know how to do this then contact your web host for help.
3. It may sound silly but make sure you are uploading the edited config.php file to the correct directory, the vB 'includes' directory.
4. Or you are running MySQL 4.1.x. As of MySQL 4.1.X there is a new password hashing system. PHP4 does not have builtin support for it as of yet, however PHP5 and the MySQLi library do. In order for your old PHP4 MySQL clients to be able to connect to the MySQL 4.1.X database you need to rehash the password using the old method. You should be able to run the following query to make it possible for PHP4 to access the MySQL 4.1.X database.
SET PASSWORD FOR 'username'@'localhost' = OLD_PASSWORD('password');
...with 'username' and 'password' being the new 'username' and 'password' settings in your config.php file. This needs to be run as the MySQL 'root' user from the MySQL prompt, so if you do not have root access to this server you will need to ask your host to do this for you.
More info is here:
5. In rare instances this probem can also occur if you already have the maximum number of databases your host allows and you do not have permission to create any new databases.
There is one way around this, although is it less than ideal. And that is to install vB into an existing database. To do this, edit the config.php file to use those db details and make sure you edit the 'tableprefix' line to assign a unique prefix to the vBulletin tables. For instance:
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = 'vB3_';
Then when you do the install, it will say the database already exists and ask you if you want to empty it. You must answer 'No' otherwise this will remove your other database info.
***
Further info concerning this and other connection errors can be found here:
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