Failed to initialize the database error

[Maik Qualmann]

The debug messages that digiKam outputs in a terminal would perhaps bring more 
clarity. It is described here for macOS or Windows:

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/

Maik

Am Montag, 15. Juli 2024, 21:46:25 MESZ schrieb Julius Simonelli:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been struggling to set up digiKam and thought I would try here to
> see if anyone could offer any advice. I am trying to set up and
> connect a MySQL Server to digiKam but running into issues.  I tried
> the same thing on both my Mac and Windows and ran into the same issue.
> 
> I get a "Failed to initialize the database" error when I try to set it
> up. I have created four databases, digikam_core, digikam_thumbs,
> digikam_face, and digikam_similarity. My database settings are in the
> attached file.
> 
> It doesn't seem to be a simple connection error because when I check
> the connection it works, and after I attempt this, some database
> tables are created. In digikam_core, I see:
> albumroots
> albums
> downloadhistory
> imagecomments
> imagecopyright
> imagehistory
> imageinformation
> imagemetadata
> imagepositions
> imageproperties
> imagerelations
> images
> imagetagproperties
> imagetags
> searches
> settings
> tagproperties
> tags
> tagstree
> videometadata
>  (see other attachment)
> 
> I've run the same process twice on my Mac and got to the same point,
> and now I'm running into it again on Windows. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
> 
> Thank you,
> Julius