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I’m attempting to migrate a development version of a client site to their production server, a GoDaddy hosting account on a Linux server.

I know GoDaddy isn’t a recommended host and I’ve read of the trials and tribulations fellow ExpressionEngine developers have had with their servers but I’ve also read of successes.

I’ve created a database via their PHPMyAdmin interface and imported the development version of the database. However, when I try to load the site in a browser I get this error:

Database Error: Unable to select your database

This is the relevant portion of my config.php file where DB_NAME is filler for the name of my database and 3XXXXXX is the database server number. All of the values were simply copied and pasted into my config file to prevent typos.

$conf['db_hostname'] = "DB_NAME.db.3XXXXXX.hostedresource.com";
$conf['db_username'] = "DB_USERNAME";
$conf['db_password'] = "PASSWORD";
$conf['db_name'] = "DB_NAME";

Since others have been able to get ExpressionEngine to run on GoDaddy servers, is there a step I’m missing?

No, that should be all that’s necessary. What version and build of EE are you using? Can you open .../system/expressionengine/utilities/dbtest.php fill in your db details and visit in a browser please?

That’s what I figured.

They’re running ExpressionEngine 1.6.8 Build 20091002.

I’ve filled the db details into dbtest.php, loaded it into the browser and this was the result:

A connection was established to your database server

Your database was selected.

That’s good. Check for typos and other errors, but these same values should then be working for EE, too. You might also consider upgrading to 1.6.9; it’s recommended.