Unable to find MySQL Server.

[tekboi]

Hi,

I'm installing e-commerce and need the "mySQL server" to get it to work. Tried "localhost" but it doesn't seem to be working.

can anyone help me with this?

[bobdog]

Did you create the database?

[PremiereWebDesign]

Hi,

I'm installing e-commerce and need the "mySQL server" to get it to work. Tried "localhost" but it doesn't seem to be working.

can anyone help me with this?
localhost is your host. However, you have to create both a database and a database user also.
To do that, in your control panel, click on the "MySql databases" link. Then just name your database. Create a user and assign a password to that user and give the user all permissions. Be sure to write all the information down so that when you run the installation, you will have it there.
With Bluehost, you will have a prefix for your database and user . It will be something similar to this myprefix_ It will be 8 characters and will usually be the first 8 characters of your domain name...Though that is not always the case. In any event, when you create the db and the user, it will give you the prefix with the database... Example myprefix_Mydatabase and myprefix_Mydbuser.