Error: Can't select the database

Howdy,

I just bought a copy and have run cinstall.php.
Question, should the cinstall.php report when it's done? It did not do so for me.

After waiting quite a while to see if the cinstall.php would give me a message, I tried going to the index.php in the root.

I get the error: "Error: Can't select the database"

When I ran the cinstall.php script, I filled in the database name currently being used by vBulletins. Was this the correct procedure?


Thanks,

B.

Originally posted by digibri
I just bought a copy and have run cinstall.php.
Question, should the cinstall.php report when it's done? It did not do so for me.

Did you chmod config.php to 777

Originally posted by digibri
When I ran the cinstall.php script, I filled in the database name currently being used by vBulletins. Was this the correct procedure?

Should be no problem. However, I recommend to use a second database for the script.

Wow, thanks for your quick reply!

Yes, I did chmod 777 as per the installation instructions.

Should I try rerunning the cinstall.php?
What about bbwrapper.php, when do I utilize that?

B.

Originally posted by digibri
Should I try rerunning the cinstall.php?

Yes, please try it again.

Originally posted by digibri
What about bbwrapper.php, when do I utilize that?

Open the bbwrapper.php in an editor and change the settings to your vBulletin configuration:

$bb_host = "localhost";
$bb_dbname = "dbname"; <= database name
$bb_dbuser = "username"; <= database username
$bb_dbpasswd = "password"; <= database password
$bb_url = "/forums/"; <= forum location (e.g. /forums/ for http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/)
$bb_panel = $$_url."usercp.php"; <= Location to user control panel (don't change)
$bb_private = ""; <= Forum IDs of the private forums

Then copy the file to the storyteller root directory.

I edited bbwrapper.php and copied it into the root, as you suggested.
I also reran cinstall.php but got the same results as originally described.

At what point should I run bbwrapper.php? Or, does the cinstall.php call it automatically?

B.

Originally posted by digibri
I edited bbwrapper.php and copied it into the root, as you suggested.
I also reran cinstall.php but got the same results as originally described.

Is this a clean install or an upgrade from basic edition? Can you check with phpMyAdmin whether there are esselbach_st_* tables in the database?

Also, which versions of PHP/MySQL are installed?

Originally posted by digibri
At what point should I run bbwrapper.php? Or, does the cinstall.php call it automatically?

The bbwrapper.php is an external database connector module and will be automatically used by the login/comments function of Storyteller CMS.

This is a clean install of the Standard edition.

PHPmyAdmin shows a lot of esselbach_st_* tables.

Software versions:
- PHP4.3.1
- mySQL 3.23.54
- Apache 1.3.27

Further details can be found here: http://64.158.235.172/_util/info.php

B.

Originally posted by digibri
PHPmyAdmin shows a lot of esselbach_st_* tables.

How many tables are there? A complete installation needs 33 tables.

Is config.php empty (e.g. $estc = ""; )?

There are 33 tables.
Yes, config.php is empty.

B.

The database installation is complete.

It seems like that config.php had not the correct permission (777).

In attachment a script which write the configuration to config.php

To use this script:
1.) Rename the script to cfix.php

2.) Open the script in an editor and change the following:

//MySQL settings
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbuser = "username"; <= MySQL Username
$dbpass = "password"; <= MySQL Password
$dbname = "database"; <= MySQL Database

//Website details
$wsname = "Website Name"; <= Website name
$wsurl = "http://www.yourdomain.com"; <= Website url

3.) Upload the script to your cadmin directory

4.) Run the script: http://www.yourdomain/cadmin/cfix.php

If the script can't write config.php, please check the permissions of this file again.