By granttoth on

Hey guys,

I have moved the Drupal 5 files to a /drupal/ path for testing. I am looking to move our HTML DreamWeaver site over to Drupal. I go to the install.php and plug in the correct information for the database. Then poke the "save configuration" button. The page refreshes and Nothing seems to happen. Now when I put the wrong information in to the form I get an error.

I have installed Drupal on a couple different servers and have not had this problem before. Any Ideas?

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bwv commented

Try getting into your DB via PHPMyAdmin or a related method. See if the tables have even been created. If so, clear the cache*, sessions, and history tables. See if that loosens things up a bit.
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rainman_svale commented

I am having the exact same problem. On the database configuration page, if I enter the wrong info it lets me know. If I enter the correct info it just goes back to the same page with all of the fields blank. I used phpMyAdmin and the tables have not been created. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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granttoth commented

Checked the Database and nothing was created. Could it be a permission problem with the database? If so would Drupal let me know?

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bwv commented

It could be, but its difficult to know from here for sure. Have you checked? The dbusername has to have complete db admin privileges to install drupal. Check your settings and please report back.

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granttoth commented

The server Admin said that The user does indeed have full permissions to the database. He also mentioned that he is going to look in to some of the php settings. Would it behave oddly if the username and database name were the same?

He sent me back this line granting me the full rights.
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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON databasename.* TO username@"%" IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
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bwv commented

What are you using for localhost information under advanced?
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granttoth commented

Under the advanced drop down settings I am not using the standard localhose entry. I point it to the sql server at my isp.

looks like this:
mysql.????.com

When I put a prefix on it drupal complains. ie. http://www, or www, ect.

I have racked my brain and tried every combination that I can think of and Still the same thing happens. The page simply refreshes.

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granttoth commented

I took some advice from the Drupal IRC channel and started from scratch. Deleted everything off the servers and started over. After I copied the files I tried to set the permissions of the settings.php file. Thats where the problem was. I didn't notice the first time that I could not change the permissions. As soon as I asked the Server Admin to set them for me, everything was fine,

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igotdreams commented

I changed the settings.php file manually;

$db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename';

- Then uploaded it
- then submitted the form with blank data (or you can fill it out)
- then it worked and went to the next page

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gondwanan commented

I've found this error happens when you use the default.settings.php file - it's better to create a blank settings.php file and upload it.