[support] Strange Drupal 7 problem, site wants to reinstall

[Roger]

I have stopped and restarted the server and even cold booted the system.
I tend to agree that it's not finding the database but that has me 
stumped. The database exists, tables are as they were and populated, 
passwords are unaltered.

I've checked /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf but nothing is different.
I deleted the database lines in /settings.php and entered random text in 
it's place which should have set off alarm bells.

  I'm thinking Drupal core core is not reading /settings.php and in fact 
not reading anything in the /sites/default file system as a whole and 
that has me concerned.

Next step, I'll do a fresh install and copy the /sites file system over. 
That should prove or disprove the D7core assertion.
Thanks
Roger


Try stoping and starting the server. I've had that happen before. It 
sounds like it's just not looking at the correct db. On Tuesday, 
November 12, 2013, Jeff Brown wrote:
>> >The files are fine. It's reading them.
>> >
>> >Seems more like a database issue.
>> >
>> >On 13 Nov 2013, at 8:48 AM, Roger wrote:
>> >
>> >I have a D7 site live and working.