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Lost connection to MySQL server during query

mwrogersmwrogers
edited August 2007 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
During Step 2 of installation, I get the following message: Lost connection to MySQL server during query I've installed Vanilla on another server without any problems. I can't understand what's going on with this one. Any help would be appreciated.

Comments

  • ithcyithcy New
    is your mysql server on a different host than your vanilla? if so, do you have permission to connect from the host where vanilla is located?
  • mwrogersmwrogers
    As far as I know, they are on the same server. I'm using the control panel at WebSite Source. The database I've created shows up in phpMyAdmin for the user I assigned to it. The user has the full list of privileges. Admittedly, I'm not used to control panels, so I may have done something wrong.
  • ithcyithcy New
    edited August 2007
    what did you enter during setup for database host and is it the same as your vanilla host?
    you can check by looking in [your vanilla root]/conf/database.php

    you may have to specify the hostname explicitly instead of using 'localhost'.
  • mwrogersmwrogers
    Hmm. I opened that file and it's pretty much empty: // Database Configuration Settings For my database host, I tried localhost, example.com, www.example.com, web20.websiteresource.net/example.com, websiteresource.net/example.com With the longer hostname I get: We couldn't connect to the server you provided (websiteresource.net/example.com). The database responded with the following message: Unknown MySQL server host 'websiteresource.net/example.com' (1) With localhost I get: We couldn't connect to the server you provided (localhost). The database responded with the following message: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
  • tilltill
    First off - "example.org/path" is not (NEVER EVER) a correct hostname.

    Second, just log into your control panel and look around if you have MySQL at all, or ask your host.
  • mattucfmattucf
    edited August 2007
    "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"

    If localhost is the correct choice, then MySQL is set up wrong. I'd contact the hosting service.
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