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    • Tiki cannot find a database connection

    Posted by rdecosta

    I've seen this issue raised in other places on the site, but not for a Win2k installation. The tiki-install.php page gives me the error: "Tiki cannot find a database connection" even though I can connected to the database fine from both the command line, MySqlCC and other php scripts.

    TikiWiki 1.8.5
    Win2K
    OmniHttpd Server
    Php 4
    MySQL 4.1

    Richard 😕

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    Posted by mactfines

    > MySQL 4.1 is not supported. MySQL 4.0 is.
    >
    > Damian
    > http://tikihost.netQuestion
    >

    If MySQL is not supported, why is it listed as a db option in the drop-down box in tiki-install.php (Tiki 1.8.5)?


    Posted by mactfines

    > I've seen this issue raised in other places on the site, but not for a Win2k installation. The tiki-install.php page gives me the error: "Tiki cannot find a database connection" even though I can connected to the database fine from both the command line, MySqlCC and other php scripts.
    >
    > TikiWiki 1.8.5
    > Win2K
    > OmniHttpd Server
    > Php 4
    > MySQL 4.1
    >
    > Richard 😕

    Hi Richard,

    Here's what I did, and it worked for me right away!

    After you do your
    mysql> create database tiki;
    and
    mysql> grant SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER on tiki.* to tikiuser@localhost identified by 'password';

    do this command:
    SET PASSWORD FOR 'tikiuser'@'localhost' = OLD_PASSWORD('password');

    This allows Tiki to use MySQL 3.x style authentication against a 4.1 database. Then it all just worked! Hope this helps.

    Ted