We were able to connect to the MySQL database server (which means your username and password are okay) but not able to select the database.
The MySQL error was: Access denied for user 'db38953_port'@'%' to database 'db38953_portfolio'.
Currently, the database is db38953_portfolio. The username is db38953_port and the database server is internal-db.s38953.gridserver.com.
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