New Installation Error

[braylark]

Hey everyone ... my first post so bare with me.

 

Ive installed OSCommerce before on other servers however this is my first time using globat.com as a web host and I'm getting a very annoying error. They offer OSCommerce as a option on there site so I know the server is compatible. I created a new database and modified a user for it ... and when i go to install on the server it connects to database but the step after that it gives me this error saying this.

 

New Installation

 

Database Import

 

The following error has occurred:

 

SQL file does not exist: /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/install/oscommerce.sql

 

I checked to make sure that the file was uploaded on my server and it appears that it is ... am i missing something here ... im having one of those really dumb moments right now and I have given up on thinking .... Can someone please help me out. :'(

[braylark]

ok .. so i used phpmyadmin to upload the database manually ... that part worked ... but when i went throuh the rest of the install, when it finished, and told me to click either catalog or admin .... i clicked catalog and it took me back to the original installation screen ... i went back to click admin ... and it said Unable to connect to database server!

 

someone please help

[braylark]

please guys cmon .... ive tried everything .... even read most of the posts involving this issue and used their methods as well ...

 

// replaced this:

// $script_filename = getenv('PATH_TRANSLATED');

// with this:

$script_filename = $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"];

 

if (empty($script_filename)) {

 

// And changed this:

// $script_filename = getenv('SCRIPT_FILENAME');

// to this:

$script_filename = $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"];

}

 

nothing is working ... i would hate to have to result to paying someone to install oscommerce on a server .... that would make me feel really dumb then ... :(

[braylark]

ok i got it to work and not give me that error anymore ... however now ... whenever i go to the shop it comes back up with the installation screen ..... ive already installed it ....whats going on here?

[braylark]

ok now when i go to the url for the store i get this

 

Unable to connect to database server!

 

do i need to change my root folder somewhere .. if so where? or is that even the issue ... i would really appreciate some comments here people .... sorry to sound rude but any programmer would tell you its very frustrating when things arent going your way.

[vcudnik]

Did you ever solve the installation problem? I gave up trying to do it manually and went with the one-click install. (I was trying to do it manually because the first time I looked they still has version 1.x as the installation.)

 

I haven't worked out all of my bugs yet, I still have image problems on the admin side since it's in the secure directory. I'm *almost* there, though.

 

Valerie

 

Ive installed OSCommerce before on other servers however this is my first time using globat.com as a web host and I'm getting a very annoying error. They offer OSCommerce as a option on there site so I know the server is compatible. I created a new database and modified a user for it ... and when i go to install on the server it connects to database but the step after that it gives me this error saying this.

...

 

I checked to make sure that the file was uploaded on my server and it appears that it is ... am i missing something here ... im having one of those really dumb moments right now and I have given up on thinking .... Can someone please help me out. :'(