I am entering the database user name and password and am getting an error message saying “there was a problem connecting to the database, please check the settings”. I set up the database and password correctly but bbPress will not let me go further. What do I do?

Thank you.

[@johnhiler Member 16 years ago]

Are you setting up a standalone bbPress install, or integrating with WordPress?

Also – who is your webhost… are you on GoDaddy?

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

I just downloaded the zip file and uploaded the bbPress folder into the HTML directory and used <mydomain/bbpress> to set it up and am getting this message. I am using GoDaddy for hosting, yes.

Thanks.

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

It is installed in my WP hosting account, so I guess it is not stand alone.

[@johnhiler Member 16 years ago]

Ah ok, GoDaddy requires you to change some settings… there’s a nice writeup here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/cannot-select-db-error-and-godaddycom

Here’s the key link:

http://help.godaddy.com/article/39

Hope that helps!

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

Which config.php file is being referred to in the article? Will it be under the bbPress folder? Also where is the hostname required? bbPress installation only asks me for the username and password.

Thanks.

[@johnhiler Member 16 years ago]

Your bb-config.php file is in the root of your bbpress installation… you can edit it in any plaintext editor.

It looks something like this:

https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/trunk/bb-config-sample.php

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

I used the host name in the database name field and still am getting the same error message.

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

Also the bb-config.php has the ‘localhost’ in it already. So that issue does not seem to be it.

Thanks.

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

Ah. Do I put the database host name where the ‘localhost’ is in the config.php file?

Thanks.

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

Got through the first step and when I clicked on Step 2 I got an error message saying “DB Error:cannot select”. Any help?

Thank you.

[@johnhiler Member 16 years ago]

If you also have a WordPress install that you’re sharing the database with, I think you can use the values in your WordPress config file in your bbPress bb-config.php…

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

I created a new database for bbPress.

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

Where do Ifind the WP-config.php file? Did not see it in the root directory.

[@johnhiler Member 16 years ago]

It should be in the root of the WordPress install?

http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk/

[@invtrdr Member 16 years ago]

Found it. Thanks.