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• Started 5 years ago by n22
• Latest reply from satellio
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help!!! install problem!!

1. • 
   • n22
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   hi everyone!

   i get a problem while installation ----> "can not select DB" what is this????

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   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 http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/ , 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 http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php
   6) "cannot select DB" (why??????)

   HELP~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!me

   THANKS A LOT
2. • 
   • Atsutane
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   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
3. • 
   • n22
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   its that a url i should write? ex: db.awardspace.com

   thank you for the quick answer
4. • 
   • n22
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   so it is a url that i should write? ex: db.awardspace.com
5. • 
   • Atsutane
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   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"
6. • 
   • n22
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   still not working.....ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   when i load the install.php from http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php,
   it says : "can not select DB"
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   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: http://db2.awardspace.com
   database user : n22_n22
   database name: n22_n22
   database password: 123456 (i will change it after)

   my website URL: http://n22.awardspace.com
   my forums folder URL: http://n22.awardspace.com/bbpress/
   my email: haiyuezhang@hotmail.com

   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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7. • 
   • Michael Adams (mdawaffe)
   • Key Master

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   You should contact your host and ask them what the name of your database is.
8. • 
   • satellio
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Hopefully this will help some people...

   I have bbPress installed on a remote server at a web hosting company. When running bb-admin/install.php, 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 mysql.your_domain.top_level_domain as your database host."

   So according to that, line #7 in config.php, instead of:
   define('BBDB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
   should read:
   define('BBDB_HOST', 'mysql.your_domain.top_level_domain'); // 99% chance you'll have wasted two hours and a half before figuring this out

   And that was it, it worked! Who would have guessed a bug could be caused by a slightly over-confident comment on line #7? :-)

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