My installation process stalled at entering database information.

dpaanlka - September 7, 2008 - 01:07

I've gotten to the "Database configuration" page of the Drupal install file, but when I enter my database information and press Save and continue, it just takes me back to the same page with no error or anything - as if I didn't do anything.

My database is on a different server so I typed it in the box as sql.bradleyscout.com - I'm not sure if that's where my problem is coming in. Dreamhost doesn't allow me to set up a SQL database on the same server using their utilities.

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I have same problem for

nehalmehta - September 7, 2008 - 04:28

I have same problem for drupal 6.4. Though my database is also on same machine. It just takes me back to same page again and again without displaying any error.

Solution: Go into settings.php and change $db_url on your own. it will solve your problem. I am not sure why drupal code itself is not overwritting $db_url

I hope this helps.

Thanks,
Nehal Mehta.

I had the same problem, this

mtlmeijer - September 8, 2008 - 18:07

I had the same problem, this fixed it.

Thank you!!

Firefox 3 on OSX with Drupal 6.4 and MAMP.

Ah, I think it was just

mtlmeijer - September 8, 2008 - 18:51

Ah, I think it was just permissions on the settings file as in

http://drupal.org/node/304251

Changing $db_url did not help me

egtalbot - September 9, 2008 - 02:50

When I did that, it started giving me an error saying Drupal was already installed. So there was no way to get through the install.

At one point I removed my

mtlmeijer - September 9, 2008 - 11:08

At one point I removed my sites/drupal and created it again from the downloaded drupal.
New database too.