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?

[Mikeplyts]

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?

1. It shouldn't take long, at least under 5-10 min. I guess that depends on your host.
2. Ok, in the code, the password part of the MySQL variables has to be the password that you use to sign into the database.
3. No, you don't have to do that. The username is just simply the username you use to sign into phpMyAdmin.
4. Yes, but no. I'm pretty sure FanUpdate has to create a username and password for you in order to recgonize you. Did you have to sign up for FanUpdate?
5. Well that seems to the cutenews directory and you must have used your "blog" database for cutenews so that's why it appears like that so I don't really think it matters. You can choose any database name you want as long as you remember it and such.

[theerinkal]

1. It shouldn't take long, at least under 5-10 min. I guess that depends on your host.
2. Ok, in the code, the password part of the MySQL variables has to be the password that you use to sign into the database.
3. No, you don't have to do that. The username is just simply the username you use to sign into phpMyAdmin.
4. Yes, but no. I'm pretty sure FanUpdate has to create a username and password for you in order to recgonize you. Did you have to sign up for FanUpdate?
5. Well that seems to the cutenews directory and you must have used your "blog" database for cutenews so that's why it appears like that so I don't really think it matters. You can choose any database name you want as long as you remember it and such.

1.) My sugar_blossom is still not installed. It doesn't have any tables or anything.
2.) It would be the password I would use to sign into phpMyAdmin or the passwords that I found, Because I don't sign in to any databases I just look at them with phpMyAdmin.
3.) Okay, I wasn't sure. Thanks.
4.) No, I found a site that has it, here is the site, and I read the tutorial but I can't get past the first step with changing the variables.
5.) Okay. How is the database name supposed to look? Is it supposed to have an underscore like word_mysql or something?