Hello, I am very very new to this. I just took over a project from another person, so bear with me. I am doing an install and I have the correct database name user etc etc. but it fails to connect, and when I go back there is a red "?" next to the database name field. The hosting support asked me if UBBThreads needs its own database (I don't know this answer). I guess the one I entered was a previously existing database? Hosting support said we get 3 databases, so maybe another one should be created specifically for UBBThreads? I am sure I am not giving enough information, but I have only been looking into this all of an hour and am already stuck. I searched the forum here but nothing seemed similar to my problem. Wgat about the table name prefix? I was just using the default that was already there. Thanks! <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />