Title: Database Connection Error Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Database Connection Error * [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/) * I had some problems with my password for making changes to my website hosted by yahoo. I worked with a yahoo technician who changed my domain name and password and somehow disconnected my blog. I have since returned to my old domain name and password but my blog is still floating out there somewhere. All my files for the blog are in file manager. Could someone please contact me at to walk me through what to do to connect my blog to my website? * my site is [http://www.karensbell.com](http://www.karensbell.com) * **_[Contact info deleted: see [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum\_Welcome#The\_Bad\_Stuff%5D](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#The_Bad_Stuff%5D)_** Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/page/2/?output_format=md) * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495246) * Hello, * As I can see, your site is fine now. * Happy blogging 🙂 * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495247) * How? When I click on my blog link I get the error message. So how are you seeing my blog? * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495249) * my blog site SB karensbell.com/blog1 * [Oleg Butuzov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/butuzov/) * (@butuzov) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495251) * Karren your blog url is [http://karensbell.com/blog1/](http://karensbell.com/blog1/) not [http://www.karensbell.com](http://www.karensbell.com) * Please contact to your Hosting provider suport for assistance. Credentials related to DB connection (DB_* constants) are wring and its a reason why you getting this error message * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495254) * Can you walk me through the correction? Yahoo doesn’t seem to know what to do. Is it something I can change in my wp-config-file? I see that in my account my blog address is karensbell.com/blog1 * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495256) * You have to properly insert the database credetials in your wp-config.php file * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495259) * The Grey Parrots, Can I call you to walk me through that? Right now that file is all generic and I don’t know how to edit it. * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495260) * You have all database credentials with you right? * The details guide is as follows [https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Configure_Database_Settings](https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Configure_Database_Settings) * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495263) * Do I use my name and password for logging into my blog or logging into yahoo small business? * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495265) * I guess you already have database. Kindly log into your yahoo account to check it. * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495267) * can I call you, I don’t understand or you call me? * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495270) * Please help. it says not to edit using a word processor but I don’t know how to open the file in txt edit * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495331) * You can edit your files using any FTP client like this one [https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla](https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla) * Thread Starter [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * (@kartim) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495333) * For some reason, Filezilla will not connect to my directory. I get a clear text error what ever that means. I think this is somehow connected to my database error problem. * [Oleg Butuzov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/butuzov/) * (@butuzov) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/#post-6495348) * Karen before playing plese do a small check list. * – Do You have a login/password/ftp ip or hostname of your site? Y or N? – Do You have a login/password/mysql host and database name of your site? Y or N? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Database Connection Error’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 18 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [kartim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartim/) * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-40/page/2/#post-6495494) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics