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"Database error" site all blank

"Database error" after changing database password?

         

neonrider

6:53 pm on Oct 29, 2005 (gmt 0)



I have a problem: my site is all blank excepot two words on every page: "Database error". It is written in PHP and hosted on a VPS/VDS with a Plesk and Apache server. Now there were problems accessing phoMyadmin and root/ssh - root/ssh link was "dead" inaccessible and phpmyadmin kept giving notice "access denied". I have a developer working on my site and they had no idea why that happened, so I asked my VDS host and they told me why not I try resetting the site's database password in order to access phpMyadmin. I did and then I was able to access phpmadmin, but... shortly after that my site went down with only "Database error" text showing up and nothing else. The web dev who developed the site told me that the reason is that I changed the database password, so I changed it back to the "old" one, but my site still shows "Database error". Is this true that by editing/resetting/changing site's database password this can happen? Is there someone who can help restore my site?

volatilegx

9:06 pm on Oct 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Sounds to me like the developer has the wrong password for the database account. Make sure his applications are using the correct password.