• Registered: 2006-01-31
  • Posts: 1

Topic: Problems selecting database

I'm new to punbb but have been using phpbb in the past without problems.

I am building a site which will be used in particular by visually impaired people, so must be accessible to them. I've opted for punbb as it is more accessible than phpbb.

I've run the install and as far as I am aware have completed the installation form correctly yet come up with the following error message when I try to install the forum:

Access denied for user 'myusername'@'%' to database 'myforum'.

and

An error occured on line 55 in file /home/fhlinux216/l/mydomainname/user/htdocs/myforum/include/dblayer/mysql.php.

Is this to do with the permissions or..? This is probably a really obvious thing but any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Libby

  • From: 127.0.0.1
  • Registered: 2001-11-02
  • Posts: 9,167

Re: Problems selecting database

Hi Libby,

It means that the user "myusername" does not have access to the database "myforum". You should probably talk to your host and ask them what database name, username and password to use.

Libby22 wrote:

I am building a site which will be used in particular by visually impaired people, so must be accessible to them. I've opted for punbb as it is more accessible than phpbb.

In that case, you're in for a treat with the next release of PunBB. Paul has been working on accessibility a lot. I even think that some people from Guild of Accessible Web Designers have been testing it out (not 100% sure about that though).

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