phpBB2 - install

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mesz
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phpBB2 - install

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Goin straight to the PHP horse's mouth...
I'm trying to install phpBB2.
Every time I get to the bottom of the install page I get this message
phpBB Ctitical error
Could not connect to the database.

I see this occassionally on this site
Does anybody have any pointers of where I may be going wrong?
( I ave chmoded the config.php file to both 666 and 777 to no avail...)
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Have you created a database for the forum or are you installing the forum into an existing database?

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Post by mesz »

please excuse me...I posted my question prematurely.
I have not yet created my database ( if you remember I am the moron who has been trying to do everything with flatfiles, so these new fangled databases have taken me by surprise ).
I now have a port / corporate firewall problem to circumvent, so I should finally install this in 2005.
Cheers for your reply.
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