Connect To The Database

[doc01]

Hi, I am new to these forums and I wanted to test out vbulletin and so I made a free server with Siteburg.com and it is a free webhosting which allows me to have php and an MySQL Database and the the server is ht*p://testforum89.siteburg.com/ and the account name for siteburg is testfo21 and the pass ####### and the MySQL database name is also testfo21 and the pass is different from the actual ftp login and I am running the install.php script and I keep getting the error

 

 

Warning: mysql_errno(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/t/testforum89.siteburg.com/WWW/forums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 140

 

The database has failed to connect because you do not have permission to connect to the server. Please confirm the values entered in the 'includes/config.php' file.

 

 

Does anyone know what is wrong?

 

><?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBulletin 3.0.7 - CAT Team
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # All PHP code in this file is ©2000-2005 Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| #                       Nullified By CAT Team                      # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

/*-------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| If you get any errors while attempting to connect to    |
| MySQL, you will need to email your webhost because we   |
| cannot tell you the correct values for the variables    |
| in this file.                                           |
\*-------------------------------------------------------*/

// ****** DATABASE SERVER NAME ******
// This is the hostname or IP address of the database server.
// It is in the format HOST:PORT. If no PORT is specified, 3306 is used.
// If you are unsure of what to put here, leave it at the default value.
$servername = 'localhost';

// ****** DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD ******
// This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
// These must be obtained through your webhost.
$dbusername = 'testfo21';
$dbpassword = '#######';

// ****** DATABASE NAME ******
// This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
// This must be created by your webhost.
$dbname = 'forums';

// ****** TECHNICAL EMAIL ADDRESS ******
// If any database errors occur, they will be emailed to the address specified here.
// Leave this blank to not send any emails when there is a database error.
$technicalemail = 'dhaliwal.01@gmail.com';

// ****** PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS ******
// This option allows you to turn persistent connections to MySQL on or off.
// The difference in performance is negligible for all but the largest boards.
// If you are unsure what this should be, leave it off.
// 0 = Off; 1 = On
$usepconnect = 0;

// ****** PATH TO ADMIN & MODERATOR CONTROL PANELS ******
// This setting allows you to change the name of the folders that the admin and
// moderator control panels reside in. You may wish to do this for security purposes.
// Please note that if you change the name of the directory here, you will still need
// to manually change the name of the directory on the server.
$admincpdir = 'admincp';
$modcpdir = 'modcp';

// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG VIEWING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to view the admin log in the control panel.
// Users must be specified by *ID number* here. To obtain a user's ID number,
// view their profile via the control panel. If this is a new installation, leave
// the first user created will have a user ID of 1. Seperate each userid with a comma.
$canviewadminlog = '1';

// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG PRUNING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to remove ("prune") entries from the admin
// log. See the above entry for more information on the format.
$canpruneadminlog = '1';

// ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
// See the above entries for more information on the format.
// Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
// to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
$canrunqueries = '';

// ****** UNDELETABLE / UNALTERABLE USERS ******
// The users specified here will not be deletable or alterable from the control panel by any users.
// To specify more than one user, separate userids with commas.
$undeletableusers = '';

// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other administrators
$superadministrators = '';

// Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database.
// For example: $tableprefix = 'vb3_';
$tableprefix = '';

// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// For example
$cookieprefix = 'bb';

/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Nullified By CAT Team
|| # CVS: $RCSfile: config.php.new,v $ - $Revision: 1.19 $
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/
?>

 

PLEASE HELP ME

Edited July 7, 2005 by TCH-David

[TCH-Rob]

I went to siteburg and can not find anything that would show proper syntax for database connections. It could be any number of things, they might not use "local host", it might be the username - ours are cpanelname_username. Same goes for db name and password. Did you create the database for the script? Did you add the user to the database?

 

I honestly cant say for sure as I am not familiar with siteburg. You might need to contact them on this.

 

By the way, welcome to the forums.

[doc01]

I emailed them back and I haven't got a reply you any free webhosting which it mite wok on and will allow me to test vBulletin on?

[TCH-Rob]

Doc,

 

It would be really bad form for me to point you to any host other than this host, free or not. It is also bad form for anyone to go to a hosting company's website and point people to another host. Besides, this host is only $4 a month. It is less than the cost of a burger in most restaurants and we have half the fat and all of the taste.

[doc01]

I went to siteburg and can not find anything that would show proper syntax for database connections.  It could be any number of things, they might not use "local host", it might be the username - ours are cpanelname_username.  Same goes for db name and password.  Did you create the database for the script?  Did you add the user to the database?

 

I honestly cant say for sure as I am not familiar with siteburg.  You might need to contact them on this.

 

By the way, welcome to the forums.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

How do I add other users and if they do not use localhost do I put in the IP (which I don't know) or /home/t/testforum89.siteburg.com/. Also what else could I put for dbname if they do not allow it?

Edited July 7, 2005 by doc01

[TCH-Rob]

I can't say. Different hosts do different things. You really need to wait for a response from them as they will know what those settings might be.

[TweezerMan]

Welcome to the forums, doc01!

[doc01]

Thanks everyone for welcoming me and trying to help me out.