Doug

On your server... do you have PHPmyAdmin? Or some other tool to
create a database?

Simon




Simon
artatwork.com.au
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On 30/07/2008, at 5:20 PM, Doug Fairchild wrote:

> On Jul 28, 2008, at 10:04 PM, Simon Josephson wrote:
>
>> Doug
>> If you know how to install/create a database on your server; AND
>> remember the usernames and passwords... what is the problem??
>
> I think it is a loose screw in the driver.
>>
>> Joomla comes with an installer that is 2-3 screens only. The only
>> tricky part for me, has only ever been the hosting
>> configuration... and as long as you use your servers configuration
>> (in my case 'localhost' and the 'server_username', etc) the
>> database can be seen.
>
> Yeah. I'm not totally sure what the database name should be. It
> might be "databasename" or it might be "host–_-databasename" ...
> that last one has me a bit puzzled. Especially the "-_-" ... In
> any case, I kept getting the same error about how it can't find
> the database, so I decided it was stupid and not worth my time to
> mess with such a retarded contraption.
>

your welcome
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