Title: MySQL database
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# MySQL database

 *  [marcellavo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcellavo/)
 * (@marcellavo)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-database-5/)
 * I created a new database and modified the wp-config.php file. Now my site produces
   an HTTP 500 server error. Can you help me revert it to the original. This step
   may have been unnecessary, as there was already a database in my hosting account.
   I thought I had to set it up manually.

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 *  [jceresini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jceresini/)
 * (@jceresini)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-database-5/#post-1212809)
 * Your best bet here is to look at the web server logs to find out what its throwing
   an Internal Server Error. Chances are the error message will tell you exactly
   what you need to fix the blog as is. The only other option is to find out if 
   your host has backups and if you can restore to the previous state of your blog.
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 *  Thread Starter [marcellavo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcellavo/)
 * (@marcellavo)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-database-5/#post-1212956)
 * Will do. And how do I access the web server logs?
 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-database-5/#post-1212957)
 * Hi,
 * If your wordpress works fine before then there will be a alrady hosted a database
   too. In order to revert the settings check the database from the hosting control
   panel and reset the password of that database user and add that details in wp-
   config.php file.
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-database-5/#post-1212957)
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