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Changing Database name

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10 Jul, 2009 08:55 PM
Avatar breatheeasy 2 post(s)

After changing the joomla database name (which is set to bitnami_joomla by default) and then updating the value for ‘var $db’ in ‘configuration.php’, it is no longer possible to connect to the joomla website:
“Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to database”

Is there anything else I have overlooked?
 
11 Jul, 2009 08:48 AM
Avatar Beltrán Rueda Administrator 3,714 post(s)

Has the “bitnami” database user permissions to access this new database? Try the following from a terminal:

$ mysql -u root -p
> grant all privilleges on NEW_DATABASE.* to ’bitnami’@’localhost’ identified by ‘PASSWORD’;
> flush privileges;

I hope it helps.
 
11 Jul, 2009 09:32 AM
Avatar breatheeasy 2 post(s)

Thanks for the timely input, Beltran.
Granting all privileges on the new Database resolved the problem
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