Title: Problems installing – Database errors Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Problems installing – Database errors * [venetianorr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venetianorr/) * (@venetianorr) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-database-errors/) * I am trying to set up a WordPress blog and not having any success…..it’s very difficult for a non-techy me thinks! * I have downloaded all the files, uploaded them to my hosting company(Fasthosts) and then set all the database settings in the wp-config.php file. I then went to [http://www.firetopphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.firetopphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-admin/install.php) put in a name for my blog and my e-mail, clicked ‘Install WordPress’ and I get the below (plus lots and lots and lots more error messages). Can anyone help? I can’t even get past first base!! * Venetia * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_terms’] CREATE TABLE wp_terms ( term_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, name varchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, slug varchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, term_group bigint(10) NOT NULL default 0, PRIMARY KEY (term_id), UNIQUE KEY slug (slug), KEY name (name) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_term_taxonomy’] CREATE TABLE wp_term_taxonomy( term_taxonomy_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, term_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default 0, taxonomy varchar(32) NOT NULL default ”, description longtext NOT NULL, parent bigint(20) NOT NULL default 0, count bigint(20) NOT NULL default 0, PRIMARY KEY (term_taxonomy_id), UNIQUE KEY term_id_taxonomy (term_id,taxonomy)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_term_relationships’] CREATE TABLE wp_term_relationships ( object_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default 0, term_taxonomy_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default 0, term_order int(11) NOT NULL default 0, PRIMARY KEY (object_id,term_taxonomy_id), KEY term_taxonomy_id (term_taxonomy_id) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_comments’] CREATE TABLE wp_comments( comment_ID bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, comment_post_ID int(11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, comment_author tinytext NOT NULL, comment_author_email varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, comment_author_url varchar(200) NOT NULL default”, comment_author_IP varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, comment_date datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-00-00 00:00:00’, comment_date_gmt datetime NOT NULL default‘ 0000-00-00 00:00:00’, comment_content text NOT NULL, comment_karma int(11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, comment_approved varchar(20) NOT NULL default ‘1’, comment_agent varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, comment_type varchar(20) NOT NULL default ”, comment_parent bigint(20) NOT NULL default ‘0’, user_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default‘ 0’, PRIMARY KEY (comment_ID), KEY comment_approved (comment_approved), KEY comment_post_ID( comment_post_ID), KEY comment_approved_date_gmt (comment_approved,comment_date_gmt), KEY comment_date_gmt (comment_date_gmt) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_links’] CREATE TABLE wp_links ( link_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, link_url varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, link_name varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, link_image varchar(255) NOT NULL default”, link_target varchar(25) NOT NULL default ”, link_category bigint(20) NOT NULL default ‘0’, link_description varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, link_visible varchar( 20) NOT NULL default ‘Y’, link_owner int(11) NOT NULL default ‘1’, link_rating int(11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, link_updated datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-00- 00 00:00:00’, link_rel varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, link_notes mediumtext NOT NULL, link_rss varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, PRIMARY KEY (link_id), KEY link_category (link_category), KEY link_visible (link_visible) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_options’] CREATE TABLE wp_options ( option_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, blog_id int(11) NOT NULL default‘ 0’, option_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default ”, option_value longtext NOT NULL, autoload varchar(20) NOT NULL default ‘yes’, PRIMARY KEY (option_id,blog_id,option_name), KEY option_name (option_name) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_postmeta’] CREATE TABLE wp_postmeta( meta_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, post_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default‘ 0’, meta_key varchar(255) default NULL, meta_value longtext, PRIMARY KEY (meta_id), KEY post_id (post_id), KEY meta_key (meta_key) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 * WordPress database error: [CREATE command denied to user ‘VenetiaN’@’server213- 171-218-187.livedns.org.uk’ for table ‘wp_posts’] CREATE TABLE wp_posts ( ID bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, post_author bigint(20) NOT NULL default ‘0’, post_date datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-00-00 00:00:00’, post_date_gmt datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-00-00 00:00:00’, post_content longtext NOT NULL, post_title text NOT NULL, post_category int(4) NOT NULL default ‘0’, post_excerpt text NOT NULL, post_status varchar(20) NOT NULL default ‘publish’, comment_status varchar(20) NOT NULL default ‘open’, ping_status varchar(20) NOT NULL default‘ open’, post_password varchar(20) NOT NULL default ”, post_name varchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, to_ping text NOT NULL, pinged text NOT NULL, post_modified datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-00-00 00:00:00’, post_modified_gmt datetime NOT NULL default‘ 0000-00-00 00:00:00’, post_content_filtered text NOT NULL, post_parent bigint( 20) NOT NULL default ‘0’, guid varchar(255) NOT NULL default ”, menu_order int( 11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, post_type varchar(20) NOT NULL default ‘post’, post_mime_type varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, comment_count bigint(20) NOT NULL default ‘0’, PRIMARY KEY (ID), KEY post_name (post_name), KEY type_status_date (post_type, post_status,post_date,ID), KEY post_parent (post_parent) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [bpartch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpartch/) * (@bpartch) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-database-errors/#post-1144869) * Are you sure your DB user has the right permissions? * Thread Starter [venetianorr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venetianorr/) * (@venetianorr) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-database-errors/#post-1144947) * Well with my very limited knowledge that’s what I thought might be the problem but….I have no idea how to sort this….and my web hosting company is being very slow and un-helpful! * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-database-errors/#post-1144969) * your mysql user doesn’t have ALL permissions your host surely has a database manager? go there and fix the permissions Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Problems installing – Database errors’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [database errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-errors/) * [Getting Started](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/getting-started/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 3 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-database-errors/#post-1144969) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics