Yes the connect string says rollerdb.. The posting had a typo
Gabe Wong wrote: > > so the connection string in the properties file says > > jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/rollerdb?autoReconnect=true > AND NOT > jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/roller?autoReconnect=true > as in your previous message? > > ratnamg wrote: >> I checked that again. The database is called rollerdb and the connection >> parameter is also rollerdb >> >> >> >> >> ratnamg wrote: >> >>> database name is rollerdb >>> >>> I can connect to the database using mysql >>> >>> >>> Gabe Wong wrote: >>> >>>> ratnamg wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks to all that replied. I completed reinstalled Java/JVM/JDK from >>>>> sun and >>>>> seems to move me forward a little. I am now getting a completely >>>>> different >>>>> error. I have installed the latest version of the mysql J connector as >>>>> well. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To make sure I am not doing anything incorrect I have created a db >>>>> with >>>>> the >>>>> same name as in the documentation i.e., rollerdb and my >>>>> roller-custom.properties file has these entries >>>>> >>>>> jdbc.driverClass=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver >>>>> jdbc.connectionURL=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/roller?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8&mysqlEncoding=utf8 >>>>> jdbc.username=scott >>>>> jdbc.password=tiger >>>>> >>>>> FATAL 2008-02-08 14:41:09,287 RollerContext:contextInitialized - >>>>> Roller >>>>> Weblogger startup failed during app preparation >>>>> org.apache.roller.weblogger.business.startup.StartupException: ERROR: >>>>> unable >>>>> to obtain database connection. Likely problem: bad connection >>>>> parameters >>>>> or >>>>> database unavailable. >>>>> at >>>>> org.apache.roller.weblogger.business.DatabaseProvider.<init>(DatabaseProvider.java:148) >>>>> at >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Is the database name roller or rollerdb? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Gabe Wong >>>> NGASI AppServer Manager >>>> JAVA AUTOMATION and SaaS Enablement >>>> http://www.ngasi.com http://www.ngasi.com >>>> NEW! 8.0 - Centrally manage multiple physical servers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Gabe Wong > NGASI AppServer Manager > JAVA AUTOMATION and SaaS Enablement > http://www.ngasi.com http://www.ngasi.com > NEW! 8.0 - Centrally manage multiple physical servers > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-with-Installation-tp15348515s12275p15365052.html Sent from the Roller - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
