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H3C x Nevz · #1 01-29-2010, 12:12 PM

Hey everyone, for the past four days my Site has been completely down, with every page giving me a constant Database Error.
I've checked everywhere on my Server and can't seem to find the Config.php file, so I'd appreciate if someone could tell me where to upload the copy I have of that. (I'm not hugely experienced with doing stuff through FTP, sorry!)

When clicking View Source, I'm presented with this.
As you can see, the areas where an error message would be are blank, so I'm stumped on what could be causing this whole thing (besides the lack of a Config.php file)

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
	<title> Database Error</title>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
	<meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW,NOARCHIVE" />
	<style type="text/css">
	<!--	
	body { background-color: white; color: black; }
	#container { width: 400px; }
	#message   { width: 400px; color: black; background-color: #FFFFCC; }
	#bodytitle { font: 13pt/15pt verdana, arial, sans-serif; height: 35px; vertical-align: top; }
	.bodytext  { font: 8pt/11pt verdana, arial, sans-serif; }
	a:link     { font: 8pt/11pt verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: red; }
	a:visited  { font: 8pt/11pt verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: #4e4e4e; }
	-->
	</style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="5" id="container">
<tr>
	<td><img src="./image.php?type=dberror" alt="Database Error" width="48" height="48" /></td>
	<td id="bodytitle" width="100%">Database error</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="bodytext" colspan="2">The  database has encountered a problem.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td colspan="2"><hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="bodytext" colspan="2">
		Please try the following:
		<ul>
			<li>Load the page again by clicking the <a href="#" onclick="window.location = window.location;">Refresh</a> button in your web browser.</li>
			<li>Open the <a href="/">www.forge-union.com</a> home page, then try to open another page.</li>
			<li>Click the <a href="javascript:history.back(1)">Back</a> button to try another link.</li>
		</ul>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="bodytext" colspan="2">The www.forge-union.com forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may <a href="mailto:">contact them</a> if the problem persists.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="bodytext" colspan="2">&nbsp;<br />We apologise for any inconvenience.</td>
</tr>
</table>


<!--
Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [&lt;a href='function.mysql-connect'&gt;function.mysql-connect&lt;/a&gt;]: Unknown MySQL server host 'xmf53y55qg-1.mysql.aplus.net' (1)
/services4/webpages/util/x/m/xmf53y55qg.site.aplus.net/public/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 311

MySQL Error   : 
Error Number  : 
Request Date  : Friday, January 29th 2010 @ 08:59:43 AM
Error Date    : Friday, January 29th 2010 @ 08:59:43 AM
Script        : http://www.forge-union.com/
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : 93.96.113.14
Username      : 
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 
-->


</body>
</html>

I'd really appreciate if someone could help me out here, thanks in advance!

Marco van Herwaarden · #2 01-29-2010, 12:28 PM

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Unknown MySQL server host 'xmf53y55qg-1.mysql.aplus.net' (1)

The MySQL server as you have set in your config.php can not be found. Please check the config.php.

PS The config.php is located in the ./includes sub directory of your vBulletin installation.

PPS The MySQL server is usually 'localhost'.

H3C x Nevz · #3 01-29-2010, 12:38 PM

Thanks, I'll have a look at the Config.php file.

I was just wondering, assuming everything in the Config.php file is correct, is it possible for there to be a problem with the Server itself?
I do not personally maintain the Server or Web Host stuff, so I can't check that directly, unfortunately.

Lynne · #4 01-29-2010, 01:31 PM

It's always possible there is a problem with the server - servers are temperamental things! OK, maybe only with me, however, I have usually found that it is user error with these sort of errors, not server error.

H3C x Nevz · #5 01-29-2010, 02:38 PM

Good point, thanks.

I've contacted the person responsible for everything to do with the Server and hope to receive a reply regarding it's status soon.
Since I have no idea what the actual Server is, I don't know whether the error is displaying that because the Server in the Config.php file was changed, or because of something else.
As I said, I'll have to wait till I receive a reply.

Thanks for the help guys, I'll update on my situation once I know all the previously mentioned details.

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