[TYPO3-UG US] Install help

[Aaron Klemm]

Can you say more about the database server? Do you control it or is it 
within the architecture of the hosting company? My first thought is that 
the web server where Typo3 is installed does not have permission on the 
database to create databases.

ak

On 3/12/13 10:07 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I am a newbie to TYPO3, as new as they come.  A friend of mine wanted me to
> create a website for him and requested TYPO3 as he had one done for him
> before when he was living in Germany.  I told him I would give it a shot
> and heard good things about it as i started reading up on it.
>
> Long story short, I cannot install the product; can't get past the Install
> Tool.
>
> Short story, long, I bought a book on it to help me install and learn but
> it seems to be outdated as the print screens on the pages aren't correct.
> Also it gives me a lot of instruction on how to configure it via a command
> line however, I am using a web-hosting company so I don't have access to
> the servers.  I can only FTP to them.  So I unzipped the Introduction
> Package 6.0, made sure that the php level was above 5.3 on the server and
> painfully FTPed the directories to the web-hosted server.
>
> After the Install Tool came up on the screen and I created the
> ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL file and placed it in the proper directory and I
> created a MySQL datase on the server, I attempted to proceed with the
> Install tool.  I entered the user name and password for the database and
> since the dtabase is not hosted on the same server, I changed the
> "localhost" to the IP address of the database server.
>
> The next screen asks for me to create a new dataase or use an existing one
> from the drop down box as seen below:
>
> You have two options:
>
>     -
>     - Create a new database (recommended):
>
>     Enter a name for your TYPO3 database.
>
>     The name has to match one of these names/patterns (% is a wild card):
>        - lissmacweb
>
>     - Select an EMPTY existing database:
>
>     Any tables used by TYPO3 will be overwritten.
>     Select database
>
>
> I know that I connected to the proper database as it is listed there in the
> middle "lissmacweb", however, it is not in the drop down and when I attempt
> to create a new one, i get the following error:
>
>
> The following errors occured
>
>     - Could not create database 'lissmac' (...not created)
>
> I am guessing it has something to do with the fact the the database server
> is not a localhost.  Has anyone ever had to deal with this?  How do i get
> around it or past it so that i can start developing in TYPO3?
>
> Thank you for listening, your time, your patience and any help that you may
> be able to give.
>
> -thomas
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