"Connection Problem" error

[Kyra]

Hi guys,

I've just done a search through the forums and haven't really found anything useful - I was deleting some zipped files from my online database this morning as they had already been unzipped so I had 2 copies of it, and they were just using up my storage space - then I tried to access my website ( http://www.bubbalooba.com ) and it says "Connection Problem" in the title bar, and the following:

Sorry!
There seems to be a problem connecting to our database. Please give us a few minutes to remedy the problem. Thank you.


To verify the site status ... Click here

I have no idea what I've deleted that could have caused an error...also, when I try to log in to the admin area, I get this:

0 DB_ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED
in:
[select * from project_version WHERE project_version_key = 'Zen-Cart Database' ]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

My database seems fine, and I've checked my "configure.php" files, and I think it would be a bit coincidental if it was an actual server problem...I feel like I've accidentally deleted something, but I have no idea what! Does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks a lot :)
Kyra

[kobra]

It is normally one of two things
The configures do not point correctly or do not have the correct pass

It is actually the server not allowing connection

[Kyra]

Thanks kobra - I've checked the configures and they both have the correct passwords, and not sure if they are "pointing correctly" but I haven't touched them or made any major changes so I'm assuming that they are.

When you say, the server might not be allowing the connection, do you mean, is that a problem on my end, or on the host's end?

Arghhh I have no idea what I've done wrong, lol!

[Kyra]

I've fixed it (well my mum has!) - I have no idea what happened, but she made a user in the MySQL database or something, and then used that username in the configure files, along with my domain name - so for example, my website is bubbalooba.com, so in the configure files she put "bubbalooba_username" whereas before it was just "username"...now everything seems fine and is working again :)