WordPress database (installation issue)

[visionaut]

I am trying to install WordPress. It look simple enough but it is giving me the following error:

Can’t select database
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the visionau_wordpress database.

Are you sure it exists?
On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?


The database is a bluehost MySQL db and I'm pretty sure it exists since i created it and its showing up in the cPanel and phpMyAdmin. The user name, and password seem to be correct and the actual DB name is correct. For DB_Host i have 'localhost'.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?

[redsox9]

I am trying to install WordPress. It look simple enough but it is giving me the following error:

Can’t select database
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the visionau_wordpress database.

Are you sure it exists?
On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?


The database is a bluehost MySQL db and I'm pretty sure it exists since i created it and its showing up in the cPanel and phpMyAdmin. The user name, and password seem to be correct and the actual DB name is correct. For DB_Host i have 'localhost'.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?

I looked at how Fantastico installed Wordpress for my site. Looking at MySQL Databases, I noticed that the WordPress db is labeled as _wrdp1. Might this be the problem?

[Basil]

How did it know your username and password were OK if it couldn't select the database..

[lazynitwit]

I am trying to install WordPress. It look simple enough but it is giving me the following error:

Can’t select database
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the visionau_wordpress database.

Are you sure it exists?
On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?


The database is a bluehost MySQL db and I'm pretty sure it exists since i created it and its showing up in the cPanel and phpMyAdmin. The user name, and password seem to be correct and the actual DB name is correct. For DB_Host i have 'localhost'.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?
Have you made sure the username has access to that database? If you do not give a user access to a specific database it will not be able to select it.