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Strange database connection problem - El Forum - 04-27-2009
[eluser]Mr Lazy[/eluser]
Hi,
I hope someone can help me here, nothing makes any sense. I have just upgraded to 1.7.1 from 1.7.0, but I hoping this is not the source of the strangeness.
I have my database connection details set up in database.php, and I recently deployed the PHP code to a server where there was an old version of the application, which had the same (MySQL) connection details as the new version. I have made no changes to the database user account, just dropped a schema and re-created it.
But now I get the error:
Quote:A Database Error Occurred
Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings.
Please contact your administrator.
So I copied from database.php and pasted into a terminal my username and password using the command:
Code:
mysql -h localhost -p -u user_nameAny ideas how I might proceed?
Many Thanks in advance,
Mr L.
Strange database connection problem - El Forum - 04-27-2009
[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
What about selection of the database? Did you try that command line? Maybe it's a permissions issue? When you're logged in through the terminal you're probably a different user than when your PHP attempts to connect. You say you 'dropped a schema', did you drop and recreate the whole database? You probably need to re-add permissions.
Strange database connection problem - El Forum - 04-27-2009
[eluser]Mr Lazy[/eluser]
Hi,
OK, the weirdness turned out to be my ignorance about my shared database environment. Someone had removed the privileges on the application's database account, which must have prevented it from connecting. A useful lesson for me anyway....
Thanks,
L.