[TYPO3-install] Can't connect to database with correct information

[Christopher Torgalson]

Hi there,

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:41 AM,  <info at ikbouwwebsites.be> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> TYPO3 4.3.3
> Shared LAMP (PHP Version 5.2 / MySQL 5.0.84)
>
> Got a strange problem.  I'm not new at installing TYPO3 but this one just
> won't connect to the database.  When using the same set of parameters in a
> simple php-connect script I get a connection.  When using the same set of
> parameters in phpMyAdmin, I get a connection.  Just TYPO3 won't do connect
> and keeps giving me the "Can't connect to the database"-error in installer.
> When inputting the correct set of parameters directly into localconf.php,
> I can't get a connection...
>
> Googeling around this might be because of the new way passwords are saved
> in MySQL(?), but as i'm on a shared account with limited privliges, I can't
> use a SQL query with to re-save the password "the new way".
>
> Any hints anyone?


I don't know about the new way passwords are saved, but I am sure that
if you have access to PhpMyAdmin and PHP, you *can* use an SQL query
to re-save the password if you think it'll help...


-- 
Christopher Torgalson
http://www.typo3apprentice.com/