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Cannot connect to mysql

Thread began 2/07/2010 1:42 am by J7HNW | Last modified 2/08/2010 11:21 am by J7HNW | 3064 views | 5 replies

2/08/2010 8:49 amOffice Guy-172461

I think you missed this note:

Note: The name should not include any spaces or special characters. You should never use spaces or special characters in folder or file names for a website, because they cause problems on most PHP servers.

You can't just put a database into a folder. It must be imported into your mySQL server:

Exporting and Importing a database using phpMyAdmin
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