Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL

[bleustreak1]

I am getting this error while trying to access the site and and even while trying to log into administrator.

Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL

I have tried refreshing and accessing it a dozen times.
The last thing I did was 2 days before when I changed the sites articles after which it was working fine for 2 days then suddenly I am getting this problem.


I have searched the net and have found a solution which says that after restarting mysql in CPANEL the problem should be gone.

I do not know the process of restarting the mysql service.


can somebody please help me to restart mysql.
And if anybody knows the solution to the my problem can they suggest me another method of solving(Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL) this problem.

 

[JPC-Shaun]

Hi;

You can start/stop the mysql service on the server by logging into the server as root from the command line interface and run the following command/s.

service mysql stop
service mysql start
service mysql restart

You can also use the following if the above does not work fine.

/etc/init.d/mysql start
/etc/init.d/mysql stop

 

[johntampi]

Mysql must have stopped functioning in the server. You can restart mysql using the command,

/scripts/restartsrv mysql

OR

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

 

[nilesh_kolte]

Hello,

Try to connect your database using the login details which you have provided in your config file. seems to be the config get mismatch.

 

[don_will]

remember database name and username and password when you created database using mysqldatabase through cpanel.. what scripts/cms e.t.c did you install.. check the config file to match your database,username,pass, e.t.c

 

[mrfuad2007]

i am getting this message...

Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL

i talked with the hostmonster live help ...he said that we only allow 15 database connections...

My website is actually a study website http://vuzs.net and at exams days our site's number of page impression increases...and mostly i felt this problem comes at exams days...

please help me whats wrong and how can i fix that?

 

[twhiting9275]

i talked with the hostmonster live help ...he said that we only allow 15 database connections...

this is a problem you need to take up with hostmonster. They need to either up your database connections (not likely), or you need to move to a higher grade account. 15 consecutive database connections at one time isn't really horrible though, if you close your connections properly.

cPanel can't help with individual host issues