"Error Establishing a Database Connection" -- How to Fix This WordPress Error: Part 2 of 2

[222buckley]

you could just reset the password for the user instead of make a new user. Thanks for showing how to troubleshoot the host name I had an IP just put 'localhost' in and it worked.

[bohemianvillage]

Great tutorial. Thorough and clear. But I still can't solve it. I have two database - one of which I am not clear ho0w it got there. Should I do the same for it too? I mean, the process outlined in your video?

[riman173]

Thank you so much. this video really saved my life ahhahah! thank you so much

[prankoyz]

phew. thanks for this!

[chefcrsh]

Thanks! Up and running in short time. Now if I could figure out why between last night and this morning, while I was sleeping my database password became corrupted.

[OxfordMediaSolutions]

You just saved me a lot of hassle, thanks man

[SABOOR96]

My WordPress Error line6

[MusicLearningHome]

Many Thanks, you saved me from a reinstall. new user and password did the trick.

[dirtstyles]

I've got this error on a Wordpress site using a MySQL DB on a remote server, nothing has changed with the credentials in the wp-config file, another Wordpress site using the same SQL server is working fine, any ideas?

[zamicam]

Your video saved the day! It was the password that caused my problem so after trying out Einsteins definition of madness... Your tip to add another user to the database was the solution!

I had done a dns transfer to a different hosting by saving the blog to my hard drive but I forgot about the database with my all my content Grrrrrrrrrr

Now I have to find a way to transfer the database?

Thanks a lot for sharing both these videos

Morgan Madej from Poland

[zamicam]

Your video saved the day! It was the password that caused my problem so after trying out Einsteins definition of madness... Your tip to add another user to the database was the solution!

I had done a dns transfer to a different hosting by saving the blog to my hard drive but I forgot about the database with my all my content Grrrrrrrrrr

Now I have to find a way to transfer the database?

Thanks a lot for sharing both these videos

[wookiehk]

thanks for this, it is sometimes nice to go back to basics when troubleshooting these things.

[sweetlifemagazine]

Big Thanks! I greatly appreciate being able to find the solution with your tutorial. Easy to follow and it worked!!!!!!! Woo Hoo!

[FindAllTruth]

are you serious??? this tutorial is for complete idiots, for people who can not write own password in config file.

[kentuckyclassroom]

@FindAllTruth: Yet, you watched....hummm ;-)

[helsing20]

thank you!

[momsbuzz]

Thank you sooo much, it really brilliant video!!!

[yadusolparterre]

Thank you, I didn't know it was possible to talk for 12 minutes without actually saying anything.

[kentuckyclassroom]

@yadusolparterre GFY -- hows that for short and to the point? ;-)

[jacobonline]

You just saved my ass bigtime. Thank You so much.

[kentuckyclassroom]

@jacobonline You're welcome

[Banditpress]

God Bless you man! You just saved me from going crazy! Best fix for my problem that I got after almost a day of searching.

[xxkiruxx]

Thank you Thank you so much!

[Johnz414]

Hi,

Thanks for the info. Only, I'm having this problem with the "enable multi-sites" plugin?

The root directory domain name where WordPress is installed works just fine but any sub-domain name I make only presents me with this error:

"Error Establishing a Database Connection"

I've looked at the config file and everything seems to be in order there especially sense I can access the root domain WordPress instillation.

Would you know how to fix this?

Thanks,

John

[11utubeuser]

Thanks for your help! The database password in the wp-config file was my challenge. I followed your steps for creating a new database user and password, updated the user name and password in my wp-config file, and my blog was up and running!

[amandamac1985]

@11utubeuser ME TOO AND IT WORKED!

[DanHoodable]

Thanks for the video. You saved me a lot of grief! It was the password problem ;)

[CrazyGreek1984]

@kiyok3wstiyo I have the same Problem, did you find a sollution? Thanks

[hashv712]

Thanks so much for this video. Fixed my blog in minutes after hours of frustration. I had the password error.

[maker2000]

if the connection is working and it says connected but when u go to googe crome and search something and u get error is this the problem iam searching for

[Hashemiiya]

THX BEST WISHES:)

[overtext]

thanks for the video....i didn't realize that Godaddy doesn't use 'local_host' for wordpress, until seeing it scattered along the net and you finally nailing it down for me. thx.

[spacewood]

thanks very much, great and informative video which fixed my problem!

[skulldeart]

Thanks for this useful tutorial but is it possible to have 0.00MB size while when i checked at my phpadmin database there is 19 structure in it. Whats the difference of MySql database with phpMyadmin database?

Thanks again

[DawnCullo]

Thank you for the awesome information, I was able to fix my database error with your directions.

[pandora0042]

Thanks for this walkthrough!

FWIW, I'm using Dreamhost, and while it appeared that everything did in fact match - - my database name, username, password, and hostname all appeared to be correct - - creating a new user and assigning that new user/password in the config file fixed my problem.

[WynterReign]

thanks... quick and straight to the point

[hayesglee]

Thank you so much for posting these tutorials - they were really helpful and I have now successfully connected to my database

[jamesdhayward]

Great advice off to do some

more troubleshooting ;)

[3win3referrals]

very good. It helped me to zoom into where to look for problems.

Thanks for the post.

[syalala]

FYI ! ! ! 1and1 users, you can't use "localhost" as your DB_Host you have to change it to whatever it showed on your database setting (you need to log in to your 1and1 admin first)

Good luck!

[Eveluk]

I had been using my wordpress for about a week, but today something i got that "error" message, i look at the config file but everything was fine (I mean i have been using it for a few days) then i checked my database and notice both of the databases i had are gone and i can't make a new one, can anyone helo me?

[ybordley]

This has helped me enormously so clear and helpful. I love you!

[MorningGloryMusic]

You are a lifesaver!

Thank you so much for taking the time to pass on your knowledge about this.....

[DutchBlogger]

Thanks for the videos, but I still have the same error. I double checked and am 100% sure that everything you mentioned in the videos is correct in my wp-config.php file. This error came out of the blue btw. The blog worked fine for more than 5-6 months and then all of a sudden it disappeared. I heard that it could have something to do with the htaccess file. Could you perhaps also make a video on that? Thanks, Robert

[kentuckyclassroom]

@DutchBlogger

Then it most likely has something to do with your hosting environment...your host changed something. Best to contact them and see what they changed around the time you experienced the problem.

[DutchBlogger]

@kentuckyclassroom: Thanks for your advice! I contacted Hostgators Live Helpdesk and they solved the problem fast. They said that there was some code missing in one of the files, but unfortunately they could not tell me how it could've happened. And I have no idea either. Just glad it 's fixed now. Thanks again, Robert. PS. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[FatLibertarian]

@DutchBlogger Odd. I have the same problem on a not-so important wordpress MU blog.  All of a sudden I got this error and the login info is fine. Database is fine. I am also on Hostgator..

[Psychichtz]

Thanks

[SweetiesSweeps]

Thanks so much! GoDaddy was useless to help me but your video solved my problem. Wonderful! Great teacher too :)

[papermakesplanes]

Thanks for the videos! I was doing a database integration with BBPress and something went wrong. Making a new user fixed the problem :D

[ironnickel]

Phew! That helped me, all I had to do was change my config.php file password to match my altered database password to get rid of the error message.

[mensecre]

Thank you, very good help , simple and practical, before I found your video I spent more than an hour trying to fix this problem. After I saw your Great video, I solved the problrm while watching your video. Thank you again

[memich]

Thank you! Great job!

[StanaVKCI]

great job

[StanaVKCI]

great job