Title: Error after error after error…?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error after error after error…?

 *  [ctctc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctctc/)
 * (@ctctc)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-error-after-error/)
 * So far the 5 min. install of wordpress has taken 3 days…and counting.
 * I’m trying to install wordpress in a subdirectory in the root of my website. 
   My host, EDTHosting claims that the server is compatible with wp.
 * Their control panel requires me to create a user and a database in one step, 
   but it returned an error that the host had to be notified. I could not log into
   phpMyAdmin.
 * They created a new user, password, and database. I logged into phpMyAdmin but
   there were no privilages as described in the wp documentation. I tried to install
   wp with IE8 but received a 500 server error. The host said they had to add privilages
   to my user, which they then did.
 * I then installed wp but with errors…
    WordPress database error: [Specified key
   was too long; max key length is 767 bytes]CREATE TABLE wp_terms ( term_id bigint(
   20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, namevarchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, slug
   varchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, term_groupbigint(10) NOT NULL default 0, PRIMARY
   KEY (term_id), UNIQUE KEY slug (slug), KEY name(name) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET
   utf8
 * WordPress database error: [Table ‘xxxxxx_wp1.wp_terms’ doesn’t exist]INSERT INTO`
   wp_terms` (`term_id`,`name`,`slug`,`term_group`) VALUES(‘1′,’Uncategorized’,’
   uncategorized’,’0′
 * WordPress database error: [Table ‘xxxxxx_wp1.wp_terms’ doesn’t exist]INSERT INTO`
   wp_terms` (`term_id`,`name`,`slug`,`term_group`) VALUES(‘2′,’Blogroll’,’blogroll’,’
   0′)
 * (I replaced my table names above with xxxxxx)
 * …something doesn’t seem right. Is it supposed to be this hard?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-error-after-error/#post-2086751)
 * No. There appears to be an issue with your database. I’d suggest moving to a 
   new host.
 *  Thread Starter [ctctc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctctc/)
 * (@ctctc)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-error-after-error/#post-2086776)
 * Thanks.
 * I mainly want to share protected MP3s with logged in users based upon membership
   roles.
 * Can you think of a reason (other than the $19.97 per year space upgrade) not 
   to use a free WordPress.com site?

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 * Last reply from: [ctctc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctctc/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-error-after-error/#post-2086776)
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