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Can't connect to server

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Can't connect to server

I get the following message after filling out the configuration page and clicking send. My ISP says that probably the program doesn't know where to find the database. I have the database address, how do I tell the program where it is? The only address requested is the Hostname.

"Error: Can't connect to the MySQL server"

Thanks,
Louis Andrews

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Can't connect to server

Thanks. I replaced localhost with the database location (on a different server and it connected fine.

- Louis Andrews
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Can't connect to server

Are you saying that Hostname is the Database Server, not the current location?

- Louis Andrews
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Can't connect to server

localhost should work on 99% of all configurations, expect your ISP has a separate database server

You need to enter the following:

Hostname: localhost or an alternativ location
Username: database username
Password: database password
Database: database name

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