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By charlie-s on
I tried to get Drupal 6.2 up and running on a shared host. I copy-and-pasted my db info into the requested fields, but there was some error in the translation, as a % symbol was somehow thrown in there and I got the error "Failed to connect to your MySQL database server." which is totally fine and acceptable.
The reason for this post, however, is that I don't have the option to change the username / password / host, I just get the mentioned error. I can select "try again", I can try and manually punch in install.php for a fresh shot, but I'm never given the option to visit any other page than this mysql error page. I've gone in an reuploaded the installation files to get a clean install, but I'd think that this is something newer users will stumble with. Shouldn't they get the option to update fields that have errors in them? Any comments would be useful.
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Strange chars in $db_url
IF your problem is related to strange chars in your database name, user or address, you could take a look here:
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewvc.py/drupal/drupal/sites/default/default.sett...
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Otherwise you could copy & paste the $db_url line from your old settings.php to the new with a text editor...
It's not so much an issue
It's not so much an issue for me, as I just reset the settings manually (like you suggest). But it seems counter productive (especially to new users) to have a GUI installation that doesn't allow you to "go back" and modify the db settings once they've been entered.
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In order to "go back" and modify the db settings once they've been entered, just point your browser to http://www.example.com/install.php... And you basically restart your installation from the start. You can do that as many times as you want.
Blank screen during install
coachgordon
Hope it's OK to cut in here with a related yet somewhat different issue.
My install (on server) stopped with an error - I cannot recall the number, mey have been 501 - and instructed me to click on the error list or description. When I did that the screen went blank and "Done" appeared in the lower right hand corner of the browser page.
Now when I try to point the browser at the Drupal location I get the blank screen.
I tried directing the browser to install.php and get the first install page and when I click on "Install in English" I get the blank screen again.
The server error log tells me
"call to undefined function:user_access() in /home/your_success_com/drupal-6.1/includes/theme.inc" on line 1671
"your_success_com" is the data base name set up by my server administrator.
I have tried, without success, to track down a solution to the problem in theme.inc and am now considering removing Drupal and starting the install from scratch.
Any suggestions woukld be appreciated.
Many thanks.
Read my post. Manually
Read my post. Manually entering install.php does not allow you to do what you suggest.