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The actual database is not there, so if your host has provided you with a database name and password and it still says that the database doesn't exist either:
a) You have misread the database name (distinguish between database name (actual database) and database USER name (username for accessing the database))
b) Your host has messed up
![](https://xoops.org/uploads/smil3dbd4d6422f04.gif)
and given you the wrong database name.