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Magilla
I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 1:31

  • Magilla

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OK, during install, I am getting the following error:
"Could not connect to the database server"
so I guess I missed something.

I am installing on my local machine just to see the finished product working with a view to use in the near future etc etc

SQL Server: 4.0.20a-nt
Php version: 4.3.7
IIS Version: 5.1

All installed with standard features/settings and running properly (I assume).

I get the "Could not connect to the database server" error after the "confirm database settings" page. My database settings are:

Database Hostname localhost
Database Username bolandl
Database Name xoops123
Table Prefix XOOPS

What have I missed? Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Typo.
EDIT: I have XOOPS 2.0.7
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tjnemez
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 1:33

  • tjnemez

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is your db not password protected?
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Magilla
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 1:43

  • Magilla

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I entered both username and password in the previous page, but it is not shown on the confirmation page, where I cut and pasted the info from. Am I correct in assuming that the installation creates the database for you?
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tjnemez
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 1:46

  • tjnemez

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you have to create the db, XOOPS adds the tables.
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Magilla
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 1:57

  • Magilla

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Sorry, I'm new to Xoops, IIS, SQL and PHP. What a combo. How do I do that?

I'm beginning to think that I've messed up the SQL config somewhere...

EDIT: I've been looking through the Stickied Problems with databases thread, and I don't seem to have a myphpsetup page in my wwwroot. The installs of PHP and SQL both claimed to have correctly configured IIS for their presence. The install paths are:

Xoops: c:\inetpub\wwwroot
PHP: c:\php (default)
sql: C:\mySql (default)
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tjnemez
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 2:00

  • tjnemez

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sorry, i am not familiar with IIs either. you may try a search and also check out the wiki pages.
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Magilla
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 2:43

  • Magilla

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OK, I downloaded and installed myphpadmin, and created the database. This means that the sql server is working, because the database was created successfully, yes? I am still getting the error message. I'm stuck again...

Edit: I checked the MySQL GUI admin applet, and only the test database is there. hmmmmmm

Edit: I specified the test database, and to no avail. I am now guessing that I was right in saying that mySQL ain't working properly...
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MadFish
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/6/30 3:00

  • MadFish

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Are you running a firewall ? I got a 'cannot connect to db server' error on my first (locally hosted) install because of that (I can't remember if it was Zone Alarm or the built in firewall in XP).
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Magilla
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/7/1 0:20

  • Magilla

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No, no firewalls on...
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tjnemez
Re: I think I missed something. Help Please?

  • 2004/7/1 0:59

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not sure where you are at right now, but does your data base have a trailing underscore? ie: test_ if so you neeed to make sure your mainfile.php reflects this. the XOOPS install wizard should actually walk you through all this, no?
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