Kernel 1 error and no site?

Thursday 22 February 2007 3:24:35 am

HELP.

I created a new mysql database yesterday and ever since then, i have had problems with my site.

every time i tried to access it, a box would pop up asking where i would like to save the main page???

but now today the site is online but it has a "kernal (1) error and all my products are no longer there? and i cannot access anything on the site.

it has the following warning

"Access denied

You don't have permission to access this area.

Possible reasons for this are:

* Your current user does not have the proper privileges to access this page.
* You misspelled some parts of your URL, try changing it!"

please help

thanks

Thursday 22 February 2007 4:42:28 am

I created a new mysql databse to test out another store online.

since then I have experienced problems with the main site.

I have not deleted anything off the remote server so all the site should still be up online.

So the problem has got to be with the database.

would changing the user to the database cause these problems?

if so how can i repair this?

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PHP version 4.4.3
MySQL version 4.1.21-standard

Thursday 22 February 2007 4:58:08 am

I normally go to this location to log into the admin

/index.php/shop_admin

But when i get to the login screen, i see this warning at the top.

"kernel::50

* No database connection could be made, the system might not behave properly.
"

plus I can no longer login. :-(

Thursday 22 February 2007 8:28:43 am

How do i go about clearing my cache?

thanks for the help

Friday 23 February 2007 1:33:55 am

Within the VAR folder i have these folders.

Cache
log
shop_site
Storage

within cache i have these.

codepages
ini
override
templates.

do i delete these four folders?