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.
Error: Can't select the database Did you chmod config.php to 777 Should be no problem. However, I recommend to use a second database for the script.
Error: Can't select the database 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.
Error: Can't select the database Yes, please try it again. 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.
Error: Can't select the database 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.
Error: Can't select the database 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? The bbwrapper.php is an external database connector module and will be automatically used by the login/comments function of Storyteller CMS.
Error: Can't select the database 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.
Error: Can't select the database How many tables are there? A complete installation needs 33 tables. Is config.php empty (e.g. $estc = ""; )?
Error: Can't select the database 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.
Error: Can't select the database Super, that did the trick. It's weird that the problem was permissions - I logged in via SSH and used "chmod 777 filenam" as per your online installation instructions. I guess I'll have to be more diligent about verifying that the permission changes worked... Thanks for all your help - I suspect that few other organizations would be as responsive. Now it's time to customize... B.
Error: Can't select the database OK - I am pulling my hair out on this issue - Following the EXACT instructions as listed in the support area for installation for the free version, I cannot get the install script in the /cadmin folder to get past the very first page - I click on next and it just sits there - nothing happens. I even went so far as to creating my own .sql file and running it to populate my dev servers database - It created some tables, but still didn't do anything else - before I did this, I received an error message stating it couldn't find specific tables related to the database, once I ran the sql query and actually got tables to populate in the database, I received an error message saying no database could be found. I'm at a loss as to what to try next to get this to work - I have been at it for 2 hours and still no working test site on my dev server to see if this will meet my needs. I find it quite frustrating to not even have an error message in the install to state why the database tables will not populate. I am running the latest build of PHP 4 and MySQL 3.23.x running Apche 1.3.27 Any ideas as to why I can't get the free version to work??? TIA, Cliff
Error: Can't select the database Hello Cliff, I found the problem. There is a line missing in the installer of the freeware version, which cause this problem on newer PHP versions. Please add the following in cadmin/cinstall.php: Code: $action = $_GET["action"]; After: Code: $extra7 = $_POST["extra7"]; An updated freeware version is now also available in the members area. Philipp
Error: Can't select the database Originally posted by Philipp: Philipp, where is attached script? I can't see it
