[support] remote database issue

[Ivan Sergio Borgonovo]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:37:31 -0600
Matt Funk <matze999 at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i am trying to setup a fresh drupal 6.3 installation. My host is
> godaddy which has its databases served from a different host than
> the drupal folder is on. Anyway, i created a new database and made
> sure to get the correct username, passwd, database path and name. 
> 
> When i get to the drupal installation page it prompts me for the
> database name for which i type:
> dbServerPath/dbName
> then also the username and passwd.
> It tells me it cannot connect to the database.

Advanced options.
Put the DB server in Database host:

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