Fanupdate isn't installing for me. Options

[theerinkal]

On my fanupdate page it says, "ERROR: Could not connect to database server." when I have the correct database server name in it. I'm using version 2.2.1 if that is needed.

CODE

// ------------->ADMIN VARIABLES

$fanupdate['admin_username'] = 'erin';
$fanupdate['admin_password'] = md5('CORRECT PASSWORD IS HERE');

// ------------->DATABASE VARIABLES

$fanupdate['dbhost'] = 'localhost';
$fanupdate['dbuser'] = 'erin';
$fanupdate['dbpass'] = 'CORRECT PASSWORD IS HERE';
$fanupdate['dbname'] = 'mysql';

That is everything that I edited and I have everything correct but it's not working. I don't know why it's not working either.

[theerinkal]

I still have a few questions:

1.) How long does it take a database to install itself?
2.) Would I use that password that is listed in the mysql part of phpMyAdmin? I found passwords and usernames for the database.
3.) Would I put @localhost at the end of my username?
4.) I have to edit the first username and password, right? As in I don't wait for the install.php page to come up I just put the username and password to my mysql database in there?
5.) I looked in the address bar and saw this:
cutenews/index.php?db=blog&&token=6f73353b0dc78fae38c0df56be3a674c
Would I use the bolded word as the database name?