connecion problem

[Afro]

Hello, i installed a forum yesterday.
after creating boards and so on

i tried to acces the forum but this error came


'Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.'

what could have caused this?

[r33k]

you hosting maybe be very busy and cause the connects to lag and browser to timeout, or there is a problem with the settings you made for your server DB

[Afro]

so, do i ask them or just wait for them...

[Nathaniel]

If there is a possibility that your database information is incorrect then you should run the 'repair_settings.php' file.
What is repair_settings.php?

Otherwise, you should ask your host. It may be a temporary issue, but you should inform them anyway...

[dondon1205]

i had the same problem..i have already inform our host and they refer me to this forum..i have download the repair_settings.php and uploaded to our database and trying to access it url: hxxp:xxxx.com/forum/repair_settings.ph [nonactive] doesn't work i got error ; url doesn't exist...what should i do..? pls i need your help..

[Nathaniel]

Make sure that you have uploaded the 'repair_settings.php' file into the core directory of your SMF install, the one that contains your 'settings.php' file. If you can't access it then it may be in the wrong location.

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