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Ronny Ewanek
Ronny Ewanek
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Posted by Ronny Ewanek
Ronny Ewanek
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Trouble with Installation

Hey all!

I created a new database and attempted to install WP but it continuously says that it cannot connect to the database. I currently have another WP installation on the server with a different database...could that be causing this to happen?

Ideally I would like to have multiple WP sites on the local server.

Thanks!

2 Answers

James Anwyl
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James Anwyl
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Hi! It's fine to run multiple WP sites on a single server. Did you remember to add a user with the right privileges to the new database? If you're using phpmyadmin - Go to databases > find the new database name > click 'check privileges' and see if the user you are trying to connect to the database with is assigned.

Might help Installing Multiple Blogs

Ronny Ewanek
Ronny Ewanek
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Ronny Ewanek
Ronny Ewanek
4,385 Points

James! That was it! Thank you so much! You rock!