Database Error

[nancy]

Let me first say that I didn't install this. I'm taking over from a web designer who didn't finish the job. She made the site live but didn't complete the payment options and it was still stuck in "sandbox", testing mode.

The database was working when I took over. BUT due to the circumstances of the designer being replace by me, I had to change all passwords. Now I'm receiving this error:
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'xxxxx_admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/sitename/catalog/includes/functions/database.php on line 20
Unable to connect to database server!

I've checked both configuration.php files (catalog/admin/includes/configure.php and catalog/includes/configure.php) and changed the db info to reflect the new password.

What am I missing?

database.php, line 20 says: $$link = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password);
}

Please help! This poor clients site has been down for the entire day now and she's been waiting for this new site for months.

[michael_s]

This simply means that the the database connection settings in the configure.php file do not match the actual database credentials.