Forum Subject: error selecting database

Posted on: 08/06/03 06:34pm
By: Anonymous (ewen)

This is what I get on my screen. What does it mean? How do i fix it? error selecting database

Re:error selecting database

Posted on: 08/07/03 12:20am
By: Anonymous (xlord)

It means that you didnt add your db name in config.php or.. you misspelled it wrong or something

Re:error selecting database

Posted on: 08/12/03 01:55pm
By: Anonymous (ewen)

Is there someway, other then running the script, to make sure that the database is working properly? I believe that I spelt the name correctly (I copied and pasted it from phpMyAdmin) but I will double check it. Let\'s, for a second, assume that it is spelt correctly. Is there anything else that could casuse this? The database, because it is on a virtual server, has a really funny name, like 123_com_-_dbname, could that be causing the problem? Thanks for the help.

Re:error selecting database

Posted on: 08/12/03 02:27pm
By: DTrumbower

Either db name is wrong or the username does not access. You could try this in a separate file.

$dbcn = @mysql_connect(\"servernam\",  dbuser\", \"userpassword\" );
	IF (!$dbcn){
		echo(\"<p>Unable to login</p>\");
		exit();
	}
	$dbcn = @mysql_select_db(\"dbname\");
	IF (!$dbcn){
		echo(\"<p>Unable to connect to database.</p>\");
		exit();

Change the servername, username, userpassword and dbname.