another problem

This has happened twice....I get everything installed and setup in the admin cp, leave the site up for a couple days--im running the forums off my home comp--restart my whole system, try and reload the site, and I get a message saying that some error with the database has occured...could not connect or something...idk cant remember. It's really annoying...so if anyone has any suggestions plz post.

stupid question, but I am tired, you running appatche and php on that machine? lol

posting the exact error message and the backend software used would be beneficial to getting a correct answer.

That means mysqld is not running.

mysqld was running-i kno i turned it on-unfortunately :( somethings wrong w/my comp so that when i press ctrl alt delete nothing happens-so I can't see for sure if it's running, but I'm pretty sure it is.

yes I'm running php and apache on the same machine...lol

error message---"There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser."

refreshing doesnt work

Create and use a test query to try and get a "real" error message. That error should have triggered an email with more info, but if there is no mail server, you won't get it.

ok, lol--I have an smtp server on my comp, so whatever it is should work--but what's a test query and how do I run it??

Try this test file I made real quick and see if it bitches.

Upload it to the forum folder and run it. Post any output. A white screen means it ran and you have other issues to deal with. Home sever installs are hard to troubleshoot as they are very subjective.

Good luck.

Ok I ran it and got the same database error screen

I figured that would happen. After I posted it, I noticed it caled a vB function that would do that.

I'm done today, just checking in. I'll try and post something simpler tomorrow.

sounds good....btw thx for all the help.

Do u have nething yet?