BOSI - Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket

[Officespace99]

hey everyone....kinda hoping someone might be able to help me out over here. Im trying to get bosi going, I have gotten past all the errors except when I try to access the admin page (ie..actually hitting the MySQL db) I get the below.

Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) trying to read user/pass dbuser = bosi2

any ideas???

[DaveHorn]

That could mean a number of things.

First double check these settings in your contants.inc file.

$DBHOST = 'yourhosthere'; //almost always "localhost"
$DBNAME = 'yourdatabasenamehere';
$DBUSER = 'yourdbusernamehere';
$DBPASSWORD = 'yourdbpasswordhere';

It could also mean that your MySQL is not set up properly on your server. I'm assuming this is a hosting company and not a self install so that shouldn't be your issue. And if you successfully installed the database, probably through PHPMyAdmin, then that also indicates there is nothing wrong with your MySQL install.

[Officespace99]

unfortunately I do not think its that

<?php
$DBHOST = 'localhost'; //database host
$DBNAME = 'bosi2'; //database name
$DBUSER = 'bosi2'; //database user name
$DBPASSWORD = '*******'; //database password (removed for obvious reasons)
$BASEPATH = '/home/content/J/o/n/JonPapp/html/bosi/'; // include path to base bosi directory
?>

(yes I gave the db userid the same name as the db itself)

so I am kinda stuck here.....I verified the path, password, userid, and dbname variables. Any other thoughts?

[DaveHorn]

Are you on a shared server? Chances are good that your actual DBName is not bosi2. Nearly all hosting companies prefix your database names if you are on a shared server to avoid collisions with other users on your same server.