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Question

MySQL conntection error

Oct 5, 2011 5:50PM PDT

Hey guys,So I recently got cPanel on my new VPS for my website and everything went fine.But
when I went to install MyBB I got an error saying it couldnt connect to
the database. So I went and tried phpbb and that gave the same error.

So then I restarted the MySQL server and tried again but still no luck.Then I updated to the newest version of MySQL and still no luck.Can anyone help?Thanks,

Note: This post was edited by a forum moderator to remove link that is irrelevant to the topic at hand on 10/06/2011 at 9:17 AM PT

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Are you entering the correct
Oct 11, 2011 12:34AM PDT

MySQL connection information during the installation of MyBB or phpBB?

~Sovereign

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Fantastico
Nov 1, 2011 7:50AM PDT

Have you tried installing phpBB with Fantastico. It will setup the site for you without having to worry about database connections.

~ Robert at www.evolvedtech.com