Graham, the Joomla installation asks for the user password of the user you´ve added to the database.
Matthias > Am 09.04.2015 um 20:58 schrieb Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com>: > > Shawn, when I create a database from my cPanel, I am NOT asked to set a > password for it. I am asked for a password for each user, and I am beginning > to understand that users can be attached to one or more databases, and > presumably this is how databases are controlled. But I emphatically have not > seen a dialog or a field asking me for a password for the database itself. As > I can’t put attachments on this list, i have simply made the test again (log > in to cPanel, go to ‘mySQL databases’, click on ‘create database’ - the name > had to begin with my On-Rev name and an underscore), and I confirm that the > database is created with no password anywhere. I know that the Joomla > database connection process thinks that my database has a password, but the > only passwords I have are for the users and the cPanel itself. > > Puzzled > > Graham > > PS I have asked lots of questions about this and have now received lots of > answers, which I’m working through. I promise to report all my results to > this list and to the people who helped me off-list as well. I really do > appreciate all the help I’m getting. > > >> On 8 Apr 2015, at 22:29, shawnlc <shawn...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Let me add this too. In Cpanel when you create a database, you're asked to >> 1) create a database, 2) create a username and password for that database, >> and 3) assign a username to that database. This isn't necessarily the same >> as your Cpanel login, but can be if that's how you create your database. And >> as I mentioned previously, when connecting to MySQL it's username_database >> then your password. Of course you need your domain info. >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Database-error-tp4690936p4690948.html >> Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
