| Re: Unable to connect to database server! [message #172139 is a reply to message #172109] |
Mon, 31 January 2011 16:43  |
sheldonlg
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On 1/30/2011 5:26 PM, richard wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:15:36 -0500, Sherm Pendley wrote:
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>> Evan Platt<evan(at)theobvious(dot)espphotography(dot)com> writes:
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>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:38:46 -0700, richard<member(at)newsguy(dot)com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Database_name is generally the same as the FTP account.
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>>> WTF??
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>>> Have you ever given correct information?
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>> No, he hasn't.
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>> He's not known as "Richard the Stupid" for nothing, ya know... :-)
>>
>> sherm--
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> Excuse me gents, but I do have the experience to back up my claims.
> When I need to set up a database, which I have done, the first part of the
> database name is always the same as the ftp account.
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> Assume the ftp account is named "hello". You want a db name of "world".
> The database name then becomes "hello_world".
> Another one might be like "hello_goodbye".
> That is how it is setup on my server.
> Then, I have to create a user and password for both.
> Not to mention a little fine tuning in the ODBC.
That is the general practice on many shared hosting services. It is
neither required, not universal on shared hosting, and absolutely not
the common practice on private hosting.
--
Shelly
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