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ERROR: Could not establish a database connection

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@gregfielding

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17 years ago

I paid for BBPress integration with WPMU from wp.mu and I don’t think the job was done right…but I’m hoping it’s an easy fix.

All of the files exist, but I get this message ERROR: Could not establish a database connection

Any thoughts?

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@gerikg

Member

17 years ago

contact them and tell them to fix it since you paid for it. If they can’t get your money back and then contact me I can walk you through it or just search it online.

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@gregfielding

Participant

17 years ago

Is it as simple as making some changes in the bb-config file?

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@gerikg

Member

17 years ago

look in your bb-config.php & wp-config.php make sure they are all correct.

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@gregfielding

Participant

17 years ago

Fixed it…Thanks!

Now I’ve got a new problem…I made it all the way through step 3 and the integration. Then, as it actually began the installation, an error message came up saying that I had to manually re-define the auth-key, secure auth-key and one other one. It said installation cancelled.

What is “re-defining?” The number sequences are right.

How do I get the installation to start again?

When I visit the install site, I get

Oh dear!

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?

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@chrishajer

Participant

17 years ago

For your new problem, please start a new topic.

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@mvt82969

Member

16 years, 5 months ago

Hello,

I have uploaded bbPress to my site started the install process, but I get this message:

There was a problem connecting to the database you specified.

Please check the settings, then try again.

Not sure what to do?

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@chrishajer

Participant

16 years, 5 months ago

You need to make sure you have all the settings correct. One thing that gets many people is that once they have the username, database name and password done, they still need to enter the database host. The space to enter that, instead of localhost, is not shown by default and there is a link to click, something like “show advanced database settings.” Do you need to use a database host other than localhost?

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@tristanobav

Member

15 years, 2 months ago

gregfielding, how did you fix the database connection error? I’m having the same problem, thanks.

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