Help Desk: MySQL Database Won’t Work!

Questions about a wide variety of subjects regarding hosting, marketing and other subjects come pouring in to the help desk each week. I’m taking some of the most often asked questions and some unusual ones and posting them here each week for you to ponder and/or or receive enlightenment. Names removed to protect privacy.

Todays Question is:

Q: Why is my software not connecting to the database I created. I followed the instructions and created a user-name and a database but when entered in the software install program, I get errors that the database can not be found. Can you help?

A: You did almost everything correct except one step. After you create your database and user-name in the MySQL control panel, you have to attach the user-name to the database. There is a drop-down menu showing the user-names on the left and a drop down showing database names on the right. Select the user-name and the database you want it attached to and submit. Now your software install program should recognize the database and continue with the install.

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