Test database connection never completes

[mudshark]

The "Test database connection now" step never completes.

 

The database server address is :  http://192.444.444.444/~userID/
(Which is the known good URL I used to start the installation in the 1st place.)

 

The database name is :  Test_shop
(Using the seeminglymore complete "userID_Test_shop" always failed right away.)

 

The login name is :  admin
(Using the seemingly more complete "userID_admin" always failed right away.)

 

Of course, the database password is the database password.

 

I push the "Test your database connection now!" button and I no longer get a failure but the 2 arrows chasing each other in a circle never stops.  (I gave it 1/2 hour.)

 

[NemoPS]

Have you tried leaving 'localhost/ as database address?
 

[vekia]

hello,

you pasted url to database:

http://192.444.444.444/~userID/

databases aren't enable via http protocol (port: 80) but on 3306 port (mysql default port)

you probably mean phpmyadmin or something else.

[mudshark]

Nemo1:  I would think that "localhost" would only work if installation is on my desktop PC...  No? 
Actually the first  "Test your database connection now!" failed immediately when I had the database address as 'localhost'.  Does it need the trailing "/"?

 

vekia:    When I get home tonight I'll try "http://192.444.444.444/~userID:3306" but I thought the field was asking solely for the location of the dB.  As far as what I might "mean"...  I do not know what you mean!  I was simply filling in the 4 fields as best I could! 
 

FWIW, at first I was using FireFox but thought it may be a browser thing so I tried Chrome but the exact same thing happens.

[bellini13]

you could use localhost if the mysql database was on the same IP address as your server.  Perhaps they are on different IP addresses, which is fine.

 

for the database server address, just use 192.444.444.444 without any protocol or slashes.

 

by the way, you should really be asking your ask for the connection information.  Tell them you are trying to connect to mysql from a php application, they should be able to confirm the exact connection settings you should use

[NemoPS]

As bellini said, localhost is fine on most servers. And yes, try and get all the login details from your provider

[vekia]

 

 

When I get home tonight I'll try "http://192.444.444.444/~userID:3306" but I thought the field was asking solely for the location of the dB.  As far as what I might "mean"...  I do not know what you mean!  I was simply filling in the 4 fields as best I could! 

 

 

server: 192.444.444.444

port: 3306

user: your username

pass: your password