Edd Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 Thanks for this resource BTW was really helpful figuring out things, but i have searched and cannot figure out this problem. It was a fresh install. and the installation script connected fine to mysql and created the database with all the right tables and sample data.. but when i try to get to the admin panel it says "Unable to connect to database server" on the page and nothihng else. I went through the configure.phps and checked that the name and password are correct (seeing as the install made the database i'm not surprised they were) what's the problem here? i'm hosted by yahoo and havethe localhost set to mysql... pretty stuck. Thanks Edd
ozcsys Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 Thanks for this resource BTW was really helpful figuring out things, but i have searched and cannot figure out this problem. It was a fresh install. and the installation script connected fine to mysql and created the database with all the right tables and sample data.. but when i try to get to the admin panel it says "Unable to connect to database server" on the page and nothihng else. I went through the configure.phps and checked that the name and password are correct (seeing as the install made the database i'm not surprised they were) what's the problem here? i'm hosted by yahoo and havethe localhost set to mysql... pretty stuck. Thanks Edd <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If your catalog section is working then take the database info from your includes/configure.php and copy and paste it to your admin/includes/configure.php file. Just the database section that looks like this // define our database connection define('DB_SERVER', ''); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', ''); define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', ''); define('DB_DATABASE', 'osCommerce'); define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections? define('STORE_SESSIONS', ''); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql' The Knowledge Base is a wonderful thing. Do you have a problem? Have you checked out Common Problems? There are many very useful osC Contributions Are you having trouble with a installed contribution? Have you checked out the support thread found Here BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! You did backup, right??
Edd Posted January 18, 2005 Author Posted January 18, 2005 If your catalog section is working then take the database info from your includes/configure.php and copy and paste it to your admin/includes/configure.php file. Did i miss something in the installation procedure that left this file not configured correctly?
♥Vger Posted January 18, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 Your hosted with Yahoo - wait till you try to use .htaccess files. Good luck! Vger
Edd Posted January 18, 2005 Author Posted January 18, 2005 Your hosted with Yahoo - wait till you try to use .htaccess files. Good luck! Vger Yeah, they wouldn't ftp .. so i just left them.. is that bad?
♥Vger Posted January 18, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 If someone starts to steal your bandwidth by embedding your images in their site and downloading them to their pages, or if you want to block ip addresses, then yes - having no .htaccess files will become a problem. Vger
Edd Posted January 18, 2005 Author Posted January 18, 2005 So is there a way to have .htaccess functionality with a yahoo host?
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