Very little should have gone wrong during the setup process as outlined in this chapter. However, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that things do go amiss—hopefully due to something simple like a typo. One of the most frustrating problems can occur during the final stages in the setup of osCommerce. For example, you may have come across this:
In this case, the first thing you need to do is click the Back
button, check your settings and try again. If this problem persists despite you being absolutely sure that you have made no mistake, then simply refresh the window before trying again. If this still does not work, then it is OK to try to create the database as the adminstrator, in which case you would change the username and password to root
and <password>
and try again. If the latter option works, then the reason you were being denied access is that the user you were attempting to create the database with does not have sufficient permissions.
Again, if this...