altruist9 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 hi guys, yes, i am a newbie but learning to be a pro just like you ;-) i've uploaded all the files from 'catalog' directly into the root folder "www.mydomain.com/" made the /install and everything went great ("successful" confirmation), then it says that i have to create a folder named "backups" inside the admin folder and delete the 'install' (with everything inside it, right?), ok, deleted. now i go to the url www.mydomain.com and this message comes: Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/t/a/m/tam1nya/html/includes/functions/database.php on line 19 Unable to connect to database server! what did i do wrong? :blink: thank you in advance for your time and help altruist9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash3903 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 hi guys, yes, i am a newbie but learning to be a pro just like you ;-) i've uploaded all the files from 'catalog' directly into the root folder "www.mydomain.com/" made the /install and everything went great ("successful" confirmation), then it says that i have to create a folder named "backups" inside the admin folder and delete the 'install' (with everything inside it, right?), ok, deleted. now i go to the url www.mydomain.com and this message comes: Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/t/a/m/tam1nya/html/includes/functions/database.php on line 19 Unable to connect to database server! what did i do wrong? :blink: thank you in advance for your time and help altruist9 check the database info in your configure files found in includes and admin/lincludes Regards Mark A Reynolds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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