Easy Steps:
1. Go to
http://yoururl.com/cpanel/ (Use the username/password provided with your hosting details)
2. Click 'MySQL Databases'
3. Enter a database name in the 'Db' field and click 'Add DB' to create the database. (the database will then come up on the list as 'yourhostingusername_databasename'. I.e. if your username was 'bob' and the name you entered for the database is 'phpbb' then the actual name of the database that you use is 'bob_phpbb'
4. In the 'Users:' field enter a username and password for a new MySQL user. Again, similar to step 3 the username will end up lookin like this if you typed in the user name 'phpbbuser' - MySQL Username: 'bob_phpbbuser'
5. Then where it says 'privilages' select the MySQL user and database from the two drop down list and then click 'Add user to db'. What this will do is allow you to connect to the created database using the username and password that you just created.
6. Go into your forum/cms or whatever installer and enter 'localhost' for the database host, enter your MySQL database name, username & password. Make sure you select MySQL 4.x as your database type if required.
Hope this helps
