[Typo3-install] Install problem: Could not connect to SQL database!

[Stan Baptista]

A bit more info might be helpful.  Typo3 is installed
on a Windows XP Pro system.  Login to mySQL via the
command line works fine using the username/password
combo indicated below.

--- Stan Baptista <sbaptista at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I suspect this is not an unusual problem so I
> checked
> the archives but didn't see much there that helped.
> 
> Connection to the mySQL database fails when running
> the Typo3 install tool.  The message is as follows:
> 
> ######
> Check database: 
> Could not connect to SQL database! 
> Connecting to SQL database failed with these
> settings:
> Username: root
> Password: rootbeer
> Host: localhost
> 
> Make sure you're using the correct set of data.
> ######
> 
> 
> ### DEBUG SYSTEM INFORMATION - START ###
> HTTP_HOST           : sbaptista.dyndns.ws
> TYPO3_HOST_ONLY     : sbaptista.dyndns.ws
> TYPO3_PORT          : 
> PATH_INFO           : 
> QUERY_STRING        : TYPO3_INSTALL[type]=phpinfo
> REQUEST_URI         :
>
/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php?TYPO3_INSTALL[type]=phpinfo
> HTTP_REFERER        :
>
http://sbaptista.dyndns.ws/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php?TYPO3_INSTALL[type]=extConfig
> TYPO3_REQUEST_HOST  : http://sbaptista.dyndns.ws
> TYPO3_REQUEST_URL   :
>
http://sbaptista.dyndns.ws/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php?TYPO3_INSTALL[type]=phpinfo
> TYPO3_REQUEST_SCRIPT:
>
http://sbaptista.dyndns.ws/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php
> TYPO3_REQUEST_DIR   :
> http://sbaptista.dyndns.ws/quickstart/typo3/install/
> TYPO3_SITE_URL      :
> http://sbaptista.dyndns.ws/quickstart/
> TYPO3_SITE_SCRIPT   :
> typo3/install/index.php?TYPO3_INSTALL[type]=phpinfo
> TYPO3_SSL           : 
> SCRIPT_NAME         :
> /quickstart/typo3/install/index.php
> TYPO3_DOCUMENT_ROOT : c:/apachewebroot
> SCRIPT_FILENAME     :
> c:/apachewebroot/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php
> REMOTE_ADDR         : 66.91.90.240
> REMOTE_HOST         : 
> HTTP_USER_AGENT     : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE
> 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; iRider 2.21.1108; (R1
> 1.5);
> .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
> HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-us
> CONST: PHP_OS       : WINNT
> CONST: TYPO3_OS     : WIN
> CONST: PATH_thisScri:
> c:/apachewebroot/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php
> CONST: php_sapi_name: apache
> OTHER: TYPO3_VERSION: 3.8.1
> OTHER: PHP_VERSION  : 4.4.1
> imagecreatefromgif(): 1
> imagecreatefrompng(): 1
> imagecreatefromjpeg(: 1
> imagegif()          : 1
> imagepng()          : 1
> imagejpeg()         : 1
> imagettftext()      : 1
> OTHER: IMAGE_TYPES  : 15
> OTHER: memory_limit : 
> SERVER: SERVER_PORT : 80
> SERVER: SERVER_SOFTW: Apache/1.3.33 (Win32)
> PHP/4.4.1
> SERVER: GATEWAY_INTE: CGI/1.1
> SERVER: SCRIPT_NAME :
> /quickstart/typo3/install/index.php
> SERVER: PATH_TRANSLA:
> c:/apachewebroot/quickstart/typo3/install/index.php
> T3CV_GFX: image_proc: 1
> T3CV_GFX: gdlib     : 1
> T3CV_GFX: gdlib_png : 0
> T3CV_GFX: gdlib_2   : 0
> T3CV_GFX: im        : 0
> T3CV_GFX: im_path   : 
> T3CV_GFX: im_path_lz: 
> T3CV_GFX: im_version: 0
> T3CV_GFX: im_negate_: 0
> T3CV_GFX: im_imvMask: 0
> T3CV_GFX: im_combine: 
> ### DEBUG SYSTEM INFORMATION - END ###
> 
> Thanks,
> Stan
> 
> 
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