Title: Database Connection Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Connection Problem

 *  [creatingwealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creatingwealth/)
 * (@creatingwealth)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/)
 * I have a blog that I’m having a bit of a problem with. Two days ago everything
   was fine. Yesterday I go to login to write a post and I get this message: Error
   establishing a database connection.
 * The database is still active in my MySQL and I even tried the repair function
   that was in Fantastico. It said the database was repaired but I still can’t get
   a connection.
 * What could the problem be? How can I correct this? I hope that someone can help
   me resolve this.

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 *  [heywood-u-reedmore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heywood-u-reedmore/)
 * (@heywood-u-reedmore)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-845975)
 * Out of curiosity, do you use a third party host for your site?
 *  Thread Starter [creatingwealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creatingwealth/)
 * (@creatingwealth)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-846003)
 * Yes, I do.
 *  [ubergiant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ubergiant/)
 * (@ubergiant)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-846005)
 * I’ve had this problem before. I changed host which solved it. If your host aren’t
   willing to help you with it, you may want to consider moving.
 *  Thread Starter [creatingwealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creatingwealth/)
 * (@creatingwealth)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-846023)
 * I’ve had a support ticket in since this happened on Thursday. There were other
   issues also at the time. They have since been fixed. This problem is the only
   one that I’m still having.
 *  [heywood-u-reedmore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heywood-u-reedmore/)
 * (@heywood-u-reedmore)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-846068)
 * Yahoo hosts my sites and I’ve been having problems with them lately. Apparently
   they cannot support WordPress versions higher than 2.3. I cannot access my site
   right now and it keeps redirecting me to a “install WordPress” page and this 
   came at me out of nowhere. When I ask Yahoo they just throw up their hands and
   say, you upgraded we can’t help you.
 * My first advice is back up your posts by exporting them. Also, make sure you 
   save a copy of your theme file. This way, even if you have to create a new blog,
   you can keep your posts and theme. That’s what I had to do the first time I had
   your problem and it turned out to be easier than trying to fix the problem. Good
   luck.
 *  Thread Starter [creatingwealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creatingwealth/)
 * (@creatingwealth)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-846112)
 * I thought I’d pretty much do the same thing tomorrow. Download my WP files, delete
   my old database, remove old WP installation, create a new database, re-install
   WP, and then upload my old files with my posts, comments, etc., then backup my
   new database so if this happens again I could just upload the backup which should
   correct the problem. At least that’s what I understood from my research in this
   forum.
 * I think doing the above would help solve my problem. Again, this is arrived at
   from the research I’ve done here in the forum.
 * I have to do something myself. I’m not getting any help from my web hosts support.
   I haven’t heard back from them since my initial support ticket. That was two 
   days ago and I still have my problem.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [creatingwealth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creatingwealth/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-problem-2-2/#post-846112)
 * Status: not resolved

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