By djm263 on

I am installing drupal 6.15 on Windows XP SP3 with IIS and PHP 5.2.9-2.
i keep getting stuck at the database configuration screen.
I have installed MySQL, I have created a DB called drupal, made a user called drupal.
the script keeps running fine until the DB config, then on entering values it keeps coming back to the same screen again n again asking for user id, password, db name.
i reset permissions to 777 and it gave me this error
"PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 00E72B6B"
i have no idea how to fix it.
the same issue occurs on Win2k3 with the same setup.
heeeeelp!

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vm commented

what files are in the site/default folder?

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djm263 commented

settings.php and a folder called files.

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vm commented

thats likely the problem.

According to INSTALL.txt you first make a copy of default.settings.php and rename it settings.php. This would mean you should have 2 files in your sites/default/folder and they should be:

default.settings.php
settings.php

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djm263 commented

did that too. even with both files i get the same problem.

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djm263 commented

this error:
PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 00E32B6B
is persistent. I just tried to install phpmyadmin and got the same problem when i tried to login to the DB.
its maybe a DB access problem that PHP is facing but somehow its able to create the tables in the DB schema.
weird.

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ivan zugec commented

If you can't connect to the database it could mean that the db user account is not setup properly or mysql is not running.
A good way to test php and mysql is working is get phpMyAdmin installed if you have not already. Also are you running mysql on a different port?

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djm263 commented

it is able to connect to the DB. it just shows me the screen again because the DB is populated wth 43 tables. DB running at 3306.

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vm commented

if the DB is already populated drupal is not going to reinstall over top of it without using a prefix for the tables. to connect to an already existing database you should edit settings.php and alter $db_url with the proper information.

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djm263 commented

I dropped the schema and tried again, same problem.

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nicholascarrigg commented

I had the same problem. Just reinstall Drupal. Make sure you copy the default.settings.php, rename it to settings.php, then put it back into the default folder. This fixed my problems--you just have to do it in the right order.