Title: muwp installation error..
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# muwp installation error..

 *  [lse12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lse12/)
 * (@lse12)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muwp-installation-error/)
 * I want to install muwp(multiuser wordpress).
    in the step 2 I have met this problem…
   error. error message is so long. I pasted just one of the error message lines.———————-
   WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax near ‘/mwp_categories(
   cat_ID int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, cat_name varchar(55’ at line 1] CREATE
   TABLE wp_/mwp_categories ( cat_ID int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, cat_name varchar(
   55) NOT NULL default ”, category_nicename varchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, category_description
   text NOT NULL, category_parent int(4) NOT NULL default ‘0’, PRIMARY KEY (cat_ID),
   UNIQUE KEY cat_name (cat_name), KEY category_nicename (category_nicename) )

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 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muwp-installation-error/#post-117899)
 * I’ve received this error as well. I’m using mysql 3.23.58, apache 1.3.33, and
   php 4.1.
    I don’t have connection errors, just dozens of mysql errors, the first
   of which is: WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax 
   near ‘-inst_categories ( cat_ID int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, cat_name varchar(
   5’ at line 1] CREATE TABLE wp_wp-inst_categories ( cat_ID int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
   cat_name varchar(55) NOT NULL default ”, category_nicename varchar(200) NOT NULL
   default ”, category_description text NOT NULL, category_parent int(4) NOT NULL
   default ‘0’, PRIMARY KEY (cat_ID), UNIQUE KEY cat_name (cat_name), KEY category_nicename(
   category_nicename) ) and the last of which is: WordPress database error: [You
   have an error in your SQL syntax near ‘-inst_comments SET comment_type=’pingback’,
   comment_content = REPLACE(comment_co’ at line 1] UPDATE wp_wp-inst_comments SET
   comment_type=’pingback’, comment_content = REPLACE(comment_content, ”, ”) WHERE
   comment_content LIKE ‘%’
 *  [rikardon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rikardon/)
 * (@rikardon)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muwp-installation-error/#post-117927)
 * I’m having the exact same problem. Has anyone found a solution to this yet?
 *  [Mark Cahill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lagmeister/)
 * (@lagmeister)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muwp-installation-error/#post-117945)
 * I had the problem and had to change the table prefix in wp-settings – for some
   reason it was picking up a backslash (could magic quotes be turned on here?) 
   that was blowing up the table create script.
 *  [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/)
 * (@donncha)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muwp-installation-error/#post-117984)
 * You’re not installing it correctly – if “wp-inst” is in the url you’re calling
   during the install replace it with “main”. It doesn’t exist in the filesystem
   but mod_rewrite will handle the request correctly if it’s installed. You shouldn’t
   need to change any table prefix.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/muwp-installation-error/#post-117984)
 * Status: not resolved

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