install zen 1.3 database does not exist???

[melanie bund]

am not entering database name as the installation asks for
Database Host which is - Host name db2883.perfora.net
Database Username which is - User name dbo362302534
Database password - which i put in and database name which i put in

[melanie bund]

have also just tried entering database name not database user and get same results

[stevesh]

am not entering database name ... and database name which i put in

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What name are you entering ? Zencart installation requires that you enter the name of the database.

The error message you're getting is saying that the database with the name you specified doesn't exist.

You might also try localhost as the Database Host.

[melanie bund]

check the permissions you mean? have checked and they are all green in the checklist before u install. Or do u mean something else? where can i find how to do this?

[melanie bund]

have also tried with local host and get
Connection to Database failed
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

[usr50]

mysql priviledges. in your Web control panel. did the host give you the username ?

[usr50]

almost sounds like a firewall is blocking port 3306 ?

[melanie bund]

yes the host gave me the details of the database i set up see below
Database name db362302534
Host name db2883.perfora.net
Port 3306
User name dbo362302534
Description zencart
Version MySQL5.0

i have about 7 databases and they are working fine on my other sites using the same port 3306 - just cant figure out what is wrong plus in my control panel PHPMySQL config cant do much but set up databases

[usr50]

in the configure .php files under 'define our database connection' you say everything is identical in the two configure files? ( store side and admin side )
how many characters in the password?

[usr50]

quote "Access denied for user 'dbo362302534'@'%' to database 'zencart' "

read from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/...ss-denied.html

MYsql -If you cannot figure out why you get Access denied, remove from the user table all entries that have Host values containing wildcards (entries that contain '%' or '_' characters). A very common error is to insert a new entry with Host='%' and User='some_user', thinking that this enables you to specify localhost to connect from the same machine. The reason that this does not work is that the default privileges include an entry with Host='localhost' and User=''. Because that entry has a Host value 'localhost' that is more specific than '%', it is used in preference to the new entry when connecting from localhost!