Title: WordPress database errors
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress database errors

 *  Resolved [dibbes_nl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibbes_nl/)
 * (@dibbes_nl)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-errors-3/)
 * After filling in the first page of wp-admin/install.php and trying to install
   WordPress, I get a long list of database errors. The first one looks like this:
 * WordPress database error: [Unknown character set: ‘utf8_general_ci’]
    CREATE 
   TABLE wpr_users ( ID bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, user_login 
   varchar(60) NOT NULL default ”, user_pass varchar(64) NOT NULL default ”, user_nicename
   varchar(50) NOT NULL default ”, user_email varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, user_url
   varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, user_registered datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-
   00-00 00:00:00’, user_activation_key varchar(60) NOT NULL default ”, user_status
   int(11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, display_name varchar(250) NOT NULL default ”, PRIMARY
   KEY (ID), KEY user_login_key (user_login), KEY user_nicename (user_nicename) )
   DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8_general_ci
 * What am I doing wrong and how to solve this?

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 *  [ricardusexa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricardusexa/)
 * (@ricardusexa)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-errors-3/#post-3063384)
 * – First, try contacting the hosting provider if the database server is online/
   if they have any other problem at their end, or they made any changes to your
   account, or if there are any limitations/restrictions, if the hosting package
   is set to Windows and not Linux, etc .
 * – double check your wp-config.php file settings for the database name, database
   username and database password. This is where most errors occur.
 * -Then check that you don’t need to change the database host from “localhost” 
   to something else. You can get that info from your hosting provider.
 * -Check you have actually created a database with the same database name as is
   in your wp-config.php file.
    -Last, but not least, if all that information is
   correct your database probably has a problem with it, and you may need to contact
   your hosting provider.
 *  [Max](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementsm/)
 * (@clementsm)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-errors-3/#post-3063400)
 * [@dibbes_nl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibbes_nl/): Thats is very odd
   error, as `utf8_general_ci` is not the name of a character set, but rather of
   a database collation, thus the query above will generate that error on any MySQL
   database as it has `DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8_general_ci` at the end.
 * This makes me wonder two things:
    1. What version of WordPress are you using, there was something I recall seeing
       in trac about a similar issue in WordPress 3
    2. Did you tinker with `wp-config.php` before you ran the install?
 *  Thread Starter [dibbes_nl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibbes_nl/)
 * (@dibbes_nl)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-errors-3/#post-3063409)
 * Thanx for your help. The problem is resolved; I’ve done a ‘clean’ install and
   now it works…

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [dibbes_nl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dibbes_nl/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-errors-3/#post-3063409)
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