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bbPress support forums Topic: help!!! install problem!! http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Topic: help!!! install problem!! en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:39:08 +0000 satellio on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-2511 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:59:07 +0000 satellio 2511@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hopefully this will help some people... I have bbPress installed on a remote server at a web hosting company. When running <code>bb-admin/install.php</code>, I'd get the dreaded error message "Cannot select DB" again and again. Looking up the administration panels at my host's in despair, I eventually stumbled upon the following piece of information, written in small print: "To access your database, enter <code>mysql.your_domain.top_level_domain</code> as your database host." So according to that, line #7 in <code>config.php</code>, instead of: <code>define('BBDB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value</code> should read: <code>define('BBDB_HOST', 'mysql.your_domain.top_level_domain'); // 99% chance you'll have wasted two hours and a half before figuring this out</code> And that was it, it worked! Who would have guessed a bug could be caused by a slightly over-confident comment on line #7? :-) mdawaffe on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-402 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:50:38 +0000 mdawaffe 402@http://bbpress.org/forums/ You should contact your host and ask them what the name of your database is. n22 on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-400 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:16:18 +0000 n22 400@http://bbpress.org/forums/ still not working.....ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when i load the install.php from <a href="http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php," rel="nofollow">http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php,</a> it says : "can not select DB" ---------------------------------- Atsutane, thank you a lot. But i still cant find out the problem. Could you please edit the config.php for me? here is all my information: database host URL: <a href="http://db2.awardspace.com" rel="nofollow">http://db2.awardspace.com</a> database user : n22_n22 database name: n22_n22 database password: 123456 (i will change it after) my website URL: <a href="http://n22.awardspace.com" rel="nofollow">http://n22.awardspace.com</a> my forums folder URL: <a href="http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/" rel="nofollow">http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/</a> my email: <a href="mailto:haiyuezhang@hotmail.com">haiyuezhang@hotmail.com</a> you can send me the config.php to my email, or just edit here in this forum just like what i did in my first topic. THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Atsutane on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-348 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:13:10 +0000 Atsutane 348@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I think this should be ur db host "db1.awardspace.com" Hope this will help :) Edit: maybe u can find ur db hostname inside "Database Manager" n22 on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-347 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:08:08 +0000 n22 347@http://bbpress.org/forums/ so it is a url that i should write? ex: db.awardspace.com n22 on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-346 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:06:39 +0000 n22 346@http://bbpress.org/forums/ its that a url i should write? ex: db.awardspace.com thank you for the quick answer Atsutane on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-345 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:02:44 +0000 Atsutane 345@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Please make sure your MySQL username is correct. If i not mistake, awardspace put ur login name next to ur db username. Eg: user_db n22 on "help!!! install problem!!" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-install-problem#post-344 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:31:55 +0000 n22 344@http://bbpress.org/forums/ hi everyone! i get a problem while installation ----> "can not select DB" what is this???? ----------------------------- here is what i did: 1) i download the bbpress 2) i edit " config-sample.php" like this: // ** MySQL settings ** // define('BBDB_NAME', 'n22_n22'); // The name of the database define('BBDB_USER', 'n22'); // Your MySQL username define('BBDB_PASSWORD', '12345678'); // ...and password define('BBDB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database. $bb_table_prefix = 'bb_'; // Only letters, numbers and underscores please! // If your bbPress URL is <a href="http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/" rel="nofollow">http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/</a> , the examples would be correct. // Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL. // Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here. $bb->domain = 'http://n22.awardspace.com/'; // Example: 'http://n22.awardspace.com' // There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. '/' is fine if the site is in root. $bb->path = '/bbpress/'; // Example: '/forums/' // What are you going to call me? $bb->name = 'dig montreal'; // This must be set before running the install script. $bb->admin_email = 'haiyuezhang@hotmail.com'; i donno if its all right.. 3) i upload the bbpress folder to my webspace 4) i change the name of "config-sample.php" to "config.php" 5) i open in IE the <a href="http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php" rel="nofollow">http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php</a> 6) "cannot select DB" (why??????) HELP~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!me THANKS A LOT