Database Error – can't select database

  • brittburrows

    (@brittburrows)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    My site was working 100% fine when suddenly last night I am prompted with an error message when I try to login…

    “Can’t select database
    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the medievc2_wor2 database.

    Are you sure it exists?
    Does the user medievc2_wor2 have permission to use the medievc2_wor2 database?
    On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_medievc2_wor2. Could that be the problem?”

    I checked with the host of the site and everything is completely fine, nothing has been changed recently. Any ideas on what to do? This came out of nowhere.

    When you go to the site you see this: Error establishing a database connection

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    In the MySQL settings part of your hosting account’s control panel, make sure that the user medievc2_wor2 have permission to use the medievc2_wor2 database.

    Also, make sure that the username and password are correct, and that both are recorded correctly in your wp-config.php file.

    If phpMyAdmin is available in your hosting account’s control panel, also see if you can access the database using the same username and password you entered into wp-config.php.

    If all of the above is correct, you will need to ask your hosting provider to sort this out for you.

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