James Reed wrote:
When you say "root access to the database", do you mean access to the
root
of the server on which the database is run or access to the root of a particular database? I have access to the root of a particular database.
Brion Vibber wrote:
MySQL's concept of users is completely separate from the underlying
operating
system, which tends to confuse the issue when they've got a main account called "root". :P The MySQL root user can create and delete databases, kill running queries by any user, etc.
I understand now. No, I do not have access to the MySQL "root" account, but my usage of my database is near absolute: I can do anything I want with it except exceed the 100MB storage limitation.
Brion Vibber wrote:
If you don't have root access to the database, you should first make sure that you have an empty database and permission to create and alter tables in it. If you have existing tables in this database, make sure none of the names conflict with MediaWiki's tables (check the table definitions in maintenance/tables.sql)
Done. I have several other scripts installed that use the database, but the table prefixes that they use are unique so I do not expect there to be any problems.
I'll let you know how the install went after I make the time to do it. Thanks for all the help.
~ James Reed