Wordpress Manual Install Problems

[tmelly]

So I'm going with the manual install of Wordpress. I've downloaded the files, attempted to make the MySQL database, updated the wp-config.php file and I'm trying to install, I receive this error message.

"Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down."

I used the MySQL Database Wizard to set up the db and I was able to easily identify the:

Database name
Username
Password

I left the DB_HOST as 'localhost' as I was unsure where I can find this information. If there is something I can do in to make sure I'm entering the proper information in wp-config.php file or to make sure the database is up and running correctly?

This is all pretty new to me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[felgall]

The database name will be your 8 character account name followed by an underscore and then the name of the specific database you defined. So if your main domain is example.com and you set up a 'test' database, your account name is probably exampleco and so the dbname would be 'exampleco_test'.

The user name and password need to be a username and password that you defined in the database setup as having access to that database.

[AlexisNeel]

Having same problem with same results. Have my site, changed the extracted WordPress folder to "sportname" and uploaded ALL the contents to directory http:mysitename.com/sportname after editing the wp-config.php file to:

<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'mysitena_sportname'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'MY DatabaseUserName'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'MyPassword'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix = 'wp_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-content/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.
define ('WPLANG', '');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

as per instructions found here. Getting this error message/page:

"Error establishing a database connection

This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down.

* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running?

If you're unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the"

tried a variety of things. ANy dieas?

Thanks

Alexis