"Must select a database"

[wvmikep]

I set up the config.php as instructed and I'm getting "Must select a database." Is there nothing else I need to edit?

[layer67tech]

Yes. You will need to edit the class.db-api.php file in the include folder. This is the manual process.
/**
* Register a new dataset
* @param string $name the dataset name
* @param array $args the dataset properties
*/
function register_db( $name = null, $args = array() ) {

    $defaults = array(
        'name' => null,
        'username' => 'root',
        'password' => 'root',
        'server' => 'localhost',
        'port' => 3306,
        'type' => 'mysql',
        'table_blacklist' => array(),
        'column_blacklist' => array(),
        'ttl' => $this->ttl,
    );

    $args = shortcode_atts( $defaults, $args );
    $name = $this->slugify( $name );

    $this->dbs[$name] = (object) $args;

}

[wvmikep]

It doesn't help at all. Same result. I know the info I give it is good because I have a separate test page that returns data.

Trying to reverse engineer this, starting with shortcode_atts.

[layer67tech]

When you received the error message "Select a database", this means your config.php and class.db-api.php files have not been configured correctly. what do you have in the config.php and class.db-api files?

[wvmikep]

They're below.

With that said, it's failing in parse_query because there's no query string. If I put db and table in the query string (not intended per the instructions ... and doing so makes no sense anyway), I then get invalid database.

Doesn't make sense given how my little test page returns data from the db with the same credentials.

$args = array(
'name' => 'dbname',
'username' => 'dbuser',
'password' => 'dbpw',
'server' => 'localhost',
'port' => 3306,
'type' => 'mysql',
'table_blacklist' => array(),
'column_blacklist' => array(),
);

register_db_api( 'berkeleywv-fe-inspections', $args );

function register_db( $name = null, $args = array() ) {

    $defaults = array(
        'name' => 'dbname',
        'username' => 'dbuser',
        'password' => 'dbpw',
        'server' => 'localhost',
        'port' => 3306,
        'type' => 'mysql',
        'table_blacklist' => array(),
        'column_blacklist' => array(),
        'ttl' => $this->ttl,
    );

    $args = shortcode_atts( $defaults, $args );
    $name = $this->slugify( $name );

    $this->dbs[$name] = (object) $args;

}

[layer67tech]

This appears to be a database and server access issue. Test your sample db_user , db_pass, db_host and db_name in a separate SQL Admin tool to see if you can access the database server.

[wvmikep]

That "test page" is separate from db-to-API. Phpmyadmin has no issues either.

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This appears to be a database and server access issue. Test your sample db_user , db_pass, db_host and db_name in a separate SQL Admin tool to see if you can access the database server.

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[layer67tech]

okay, try accessing one of your tables in the database.
e.g.: http://localhost/berkeleywv-fe-inspections/table.json
e.g.: http://localhost/berkeleywv-fe-inspections/table.xml
e.g.: http://localhost/berkeleywv-fe-inspections/table.html

[wvmikep]

Must select a database

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okay, try accessing one of your tables in the database.
e.g.: http://localhost/berkeleywv-fe-inspections/table.json
e.g.: http://localhost/berkeleywv-fe-inspections/table.xml
e.g.: http://localhost/berkeleywv-fe-inspections/table.html

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[layer67tech]

Absolutely a database connection to web server issue. This is usually resolved by changing your database binding in the my.cnf configuration.
e.g.: #bind-address = 127.0.0.1

[wvmikep]

Not so fast: http://data.mike-pulsifer.org/test.php

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Absolutely a database connection to web server issue. This is usually resolved by changing your database binding in the my.cnf configuration.
e.g.: #bind-address = 127.0.0.1

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[layer67tech]

Problem with code. Does not work that way. test.php cannot be converted to REST
http://avizium.no-ip.org/apiv2/avizium-bloggers/av_comments.xml

[wvmikep]

I know. It just proves I can get to the db.

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Problem with code. Does not work that way. test.php cannot be converted to REST
http://avizium.no-ip.org/apiv2/avizium-bloggers/av_comments.xml

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[phoenixg]

Have you solved that? I meet the same problem.

[waldoj]

FWIW, I've been unable to replicate the problem.

[jamespsterling]

@alpheustechnologies You're saying we have to edit the config.php and class.db-api.php. Why have a config file then?

[bunlongheng]

@i faced the same problem.

I've followed all the comments in this post, and still see

Must select a database

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I've used the same settings in MySQL Workbench and I can connect to my db fine.

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What should I put for dataset-name ?

[ersoviet]

same problem!

[MelanieFirefly]

You do not need to edit class.db-api.php. You need to edit config.php and .htaccess to fit your configuration:

config.php:
change $defaults = array to your db info
register_db_api( 'whateveryouwanttonameyourdataset', $args );

.htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /folderyoumadeforthisproject/

then to access whateveryouwanttonameyourdataset dataset go to yourdomain.com/folderyoumadeforthisproject/whateveryouwanttonameyourdataset/yourtablename.json

[Anymfah]

.htaccess RewriteBase was wrong for me :) Changed it to my project path, ty man.