I've read the manual (could we have it as a pdf?). search the forums for the relevant posts (searched using 'cannot connect to database' and 'cannot connect to database localhost' ) . I'm running WAMP on an xp laptop for testing purposes. I'm getting the following error.

Could not connect to database. If you try to install LimeSurvey please refer to the installation docs and/or contact the system administrator of this webpage.

the pertinent part of the config is

$databasetype = 'mysql';
$databaselocation = 'localhost';
$databasename = 'limesurvey';
$databaseuser = 'root';
$databasepass = '****';
$dbprefix = 'lime_';

// File Locations
$rooturl = "http://{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}/limesurvey";

$rootdir = dirname(__FILE__);


// Site Setup
$sitename = 'LimeSurvey';

$defaultuser = 'admin';
$defaultpass = 'password';

i have downloaded and install another open source package and it is working as expected. It created the database it needed fine. if i use phpmyadmin to examine the mysql install it does show a limesurvey database with no tables. any direction as to how to get up and running are greatly appreciated

additional information
wampserver version 2.0
apache version 2.2.8
php version 5.2.6
mysql version 5.0.51b

So.. when you get this message. What url are you trying to open?

localhost/limesurvey

the directory structure is c:wampwwwlimesurvey

Look at

docs.limesurvey.org/tiki-index.php?page=..._installation_script

something so simple UGH!!!!
and i must have read that at least 5 times
sorry

thank you for your patience

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