Title: 2.9.2 update – database error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 2.9.2 update – database error

 *  [mismatchedpear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mismatchedpear/)
 * (@mismatchedpear)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/)
 * 2 WordPress websites, 2 updates. The first one works fine. The second one seemed
   to crash the whole site!
 * Trying to load /wp-admin results in:
 * > Error establishing a database connection
 * Trying to load root index results in:
 * > HTTP – 500 Internal Server Error
   >  The page you are attempting to load returned
   > an error.
 * Everything worked fine prior to me clicking on “Upgrade to 2.9.2” !
 * Any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [mismatchedpear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mismatchedpear/)
 * (@mismatchedpear)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/#post-1411358)
 * By the way i am using “fantastico” to upgrade if anyone knows what that is… through
   cpanelx
 *  [mrloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrloo/)
 * (@mrloo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/#post-1411377)
 * I have the same problem that happened last night and my webhosting site bluehost
   just directly told me to contact wordpress.org. They said they don’t support 
   wordpress.
 * I have 3 years worth of blogging files in there but my sire crashed when I upgraded
   from 2.6.2 to 2.9.2. It worked fine with my other blogs but not with this one.
   I did upgraded it but it removed everything on my site.
 * I am also using fantastico and directly to scripthtml.
 * I hope somebody from here can help me to put my blog back together, i don’t have
   to upgrade i just want to recover my files. 🙁
 * Please, please, please………. I need help.
 *  [gworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gworks/)
 * (@gworks)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/#post-1411383)
 * You should check your wp-config.php file to make sure that your db details are
   correct.
    HTTP – 500 Internal Server Error is likely to be caused by .htaccess.
   Try backing up that file and temporarily deleting it from the server.
 * And mrloo, I don’t hink you lost your blog posts, you should still have access
   to the database from your cpanel, and be able to recover them from there.
 * Best,
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 *  [mrloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrloo/)
 * (@mrloo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/#post-1411389)
 * thanks gworks. Right now wordpress is not installed. What would you suggest to
   do first? Install the wordpress on that site and what is next? I’m sorry but 
   I only how to use fantastico and to blog but not into those php things.
 * How to backup the .htaccess?
 * can you tell me on how to access the database from cpanel and recover the files
   from there? I am hosted by bluehost by the way.
 * Can you please guide me through it? I really appreciate it.
 * Thank you gworks
 *  [bh_WP_fan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh_wp_fan/)
 * (@bh_wp_fan)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/#post-1411519)
 * [@mrloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrloo/): There are a lot of possibilities
   with something like this which may be affecting it. If you’d like, I can take
   a look at it for you and see if I can help you get it resolved. You can contact
   me via the email on the About page here: [http://wordpress.shadowlantern.com](http://wordpress.shadowlantern.com)

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 * [Crash](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/crash/)
 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)

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 * Last reply from: [bh_WP_fan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh_wp_fan/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-update-database-error/#post-1411519)
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