Title: Cannot access my site – "database error"
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot access my site – "database error"

 *  [dibeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibeach/)
 * (@dibeach)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-my-site-database-error/)
 * Help please!
 * All of a sudden my website is not accessible. [http://www.loscastanos.com](http://www.loscastanos.com)
   I get an “Error establishing a database connection” when I try to log in to the
   site or access it on internet.
 * What does it mean?
 * Other articles talk about logins etc but I can’t even get that far. The site 
   is completely inaccessible.
 * Please help if you can.
 * Many thanks

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-my-site-database-error/#post-2278893)
 * If you haven’t changed anything in your WordPress configuration – such as editing
   your wp-config.php file – and you haven’t been messing around with your database
   setup, I would contact your host. Maybe there’s an issue with MySQL on your server.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-my-site-database-error/#post-2278927)
 * There must have been problem MySQL on your server as I can see your website fine
   now
 * Looks like menu are not working reset your permalinks
 *  Thread Starter [dibeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibeach/)
 * (@dibeach)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-my-site-database-error/#post-2278948)
 * Thanks zoonini. The only thing I did was make changes to one page. Didn’t touch
   config or setup. It didn’t disappear immediately but about six hours later. Can
   only assume it was my fault.
 * I contacted host last night and they showed me how to restore site. As govpatel
   says, only home page up after twelve hours restoring.
 * The strange thing I do not understand is when I got the data error, I could not
   get into my WP account either. It gave the same error. What could possibly account
   for that?
 *  Thread Starter [dibeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibeach/)
 * (@dibeach)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-my-site-database-error/#post-2278949)
 * Terrified to mess with anything now!! How do you reset permalinks please?
 *  Thread Starter [dibeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibeach/)
 * (@dibeach)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-my-site-database-error/#post-2278950)
 * Quick update. The whole site is back now. Restored from host. HOWEVER, the page
   that I changed – To Reserve page – is the same. I was assuming it was my changes
   to that page that had screwed up the site but it’s back with my changes so completely
   incomprehensible dissappearance of site.

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