[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21857: "Five minute install" not really true

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#21857: "Five minute install" not really true
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 Reporter:  japhonthenet  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
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Comment (by dd32):

 I do think we can do better here however still, not ''everyone'' uses
 hosting-panel installers, and this is something that has crossed my mind a
 few times - even just today as I went to install a test install, I had to
 try and remember what spare database name was available on that host.

 We have several options here which can help the experience for both new
 and experienced devs here. The first one that comes to mind is listing the
 databases already available in the account and letting the user select it,
 or, if the users permissions are great enough, offer to create the
 database too.

 We can query MySQL for the permissions of the user.  This does however
 mean, we'd have to split the install into 2 screens
 (hostname/username/password & db select/create), but we could ajaxify the
 page to reduce it to a single screen for most users (and this would also
 mean we'd be able to add some basic instant form validation/feedback).

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