Answered Install: can't create/test database

Hi,


PROBLEM: In a fresh modx install i set charset/collation to utf8 and utf8_general_ci but still find it impossible to get past '→ Create or test selection of your database.'

This problem is reoccurring - it's always a huge sticking point when I install modx on a new web-server. I honestly dread it every time.

What am I doing wrong?

This time around my database is running a connection collation of utf8_general_ci a setting which the webhotel service cannot change.



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Quote from: jorgeca at Jun 11, 2013, 08:54 AM

Hi,
PROBLEM: In a fresh modx install i set charset/collation to utf8 and utf8_general_ci but still find it impossible to get past '→ Create or test selection of your database.'

Are you creating the database manually first before running the instal, or are you trying to let modx create it for you?

Thank you for the reply!

I am trying to have the installer find the database created by the host, and create the tables within.

Additional info: I actually once made the installation already, but I only got a blank screen upon installation. I have no idea how I got past the collation bit though - I just randomly chose different collation/charsets. All the tables where then created, but I dropped them after the first install botched.

Now I'm trying again, but stuck at this create/test bit.

I have this vague recollection of having to create the tables manually at some point - what do you think? [ed. note: jorgeca last edited this post 13 years, 3 months ago.]

haha easy done, glad you've got it sorted.