[TristanOBAv]

Hi,

I’m having trouble connecting to my database that I have set up. Firstly it looks like the first step of the install process is changing the forum database (causing the DB Error: cannot select’, as in this forum post:

DB Error: cannot select

I went ahead and changed the config file manually, but when this happens I get the ‘ERROR: Could not establish a database connection’.

I have a feeling it is to do with leaving the MYSQL hostname as localhost. If so, where should I get the alternate hostname?

Here is the config file:

<?php

/**

* The base configurations of bbPress.

*

* This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,

* Secret Keys and bbPress Language. You can get the MySQL settings from your

* web host.

*

* This file is used by the installer during installation.

*

* @package bbPress

*/

// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //

/** The name of the database for bbPress */

define( ‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘Forum’ );

/** MySQL database username */

define( ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘XXXXXXXXXXXXXX’ );

/** MySQL database password */

define( ‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘XXXXXXXXXX’ );

/** MySQL hostname */

define( ‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’ );

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define( ‘BBDB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ );

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */

define( ‘BBDB_COLLATE’, ” );

/**#@+

* Authentication Unique Keys.

*

* Change these to different unique phrases!

* You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/bbpress/ WordPress.org secret-key service}

*

* @since 1.0

*/

define(‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ‘Y]YVAAW{KX<z8*H4,E`8t2%j#F{yFuz?6yZDR-|}Ot@m <P8|TKIpyaF]Mh_N*RO’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘lgS<S0vo^-ojBRp(_i6@9uUa<e|36aXV)_B|8#Eqb^M||ZY{.(`-?wBu>NTOdV’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘;+XoB4ti%4.!RhNcuE3|n_1~Va,oQ6>1%b9O>^A ;:{^XXzCi=G`f))q9 B{!u’);

define(‘BB_NONCE_KEY’, ‘d44;tp-T)%z:p;fz}P{4PzGrdp8DfIt$g@O?}-)bqn_lE|@;L^sEIO75zC-(I#J@’);

/**#@-*/

/**

* bbPress Database Table prefix.

*

* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique

* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

*/

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;

/**

* bbPress Localized Language, defaults to English.

*

* Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen

* language must be installed to a directory called “my-languages” in the root

* directory of bbPress. For example, install de.mo to “my-languages” and set

* BB_LANG to ‘de’ to enable German language support.

*/

define( ‘BB_LANG’, ” );

?>

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Tristan