I decided to create a new WordPress site. I thought it would be a breeze as it's my third one. I set up a database and wp-config and got the "Error establishing a database connection" message. When I looked into it, I found that MySQL, either from the command line or through Sequel Pro, didn't show my working WordPress database. It did show the one I created for the new site. I could even stop the MySQL server and WordPress would still access my posts, setting, etc on the working database. If I remember correctly, I created the working database when I was using the XAMPP package which contains a version of mysql. Subsequently, I installed a standalone version of MySQL. I no long start XAMPP so I would think there isn't a second database engine running. If there were, you would think it wouldn't let me start a second one. Is there some way to find out where WordPress is looking for the database engine? This is on OS X Mountain Lion
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