Shared hosting to dedicated (receiving error)

[Fernando S.]

Hello all, 

I have recently moved my forum to a dedicated server from a shared provider. Everything is going well when it comes to moving all my contents, however, i get an error after i have imported my database. 

I have attached a picture with error that i am getting. 

I also made sure that the mysql version i installed on the dedicated machine was newer than the one i was coming from. 

Any insight on this is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

 

[Mark H]

That error can be caused by incorrect database credentials.

When moving to a new server, the database name, user, and password will (almost always) change, and you'd need to put the corrected values into the conf_global.php file.

[Fernando S.]

That's odd. I make sure the credentials are correct. In the conf_global.php, do i need to do anything with the sql socket path?

[Mark H]

You shouldn't have to change that value unless it's incorrect, but that's something your new Host would need to verify.

If all else fails, please feel free to file a ticket to Support.

[Fernando S.]

Thing is, I am moving from a shared host provider to a dedicated one that i will ultimately manage. I have installed MySql on the machine. What's normally the default value for that line?

[Mark H]

That value really doesn't have a "default", since it's Operating System dependent, but this is the most common one I've seen (and which I use on my own server):

/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

I'd also suggest downloading the compatibility checker, here:

to make sure all the requirements are met.

[ASTRAPI]

You may need to enable Mysqli on your Xampp installation

Edit php.ini file and add inside:

extension= php_mysqli.dll

Then restart xampp and see

[Fernando S.]

I will try both solutions and get back.

 

Thank you for response,