Move site to new hosting space [SOLVED]

[ROUBOS]

ok,
managed to check my site on the new hosting space.
here's the error.. must be a connection to the database problem

[xmanhattan]

According to MySql, you are using the ip instead of "localhost" as the server.
Change that in your configuration file.

http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?52,151255,156258#msg-156258

[ROUBOS]

ok I think I fixed it. I also changed the hosts file on my pc on order to make sure that the url was pointing to the new server ip and not the old one. I found that deleting the history from the browser was not enough. I forced it to look at the ip I wanted this way.
Everything looks good so far...

Now need to see when they disable the previous hosting. At the moment they are both live. It takes a few hours for the nameservers to kick in I think.

[xmanhattan]

You never have to do anything with your local hosts file.  Normally it takes up to 24 hours for a dns update.
If you are not seeing the site using the domain name then you should simply wait until the domain is working properly.

[ROUBOS]

Well, all went well and everything is as it should be up and running.
Thank you for your help. It was simple enough in the end.

thanks again

[xmanhattan]

Glad to hear it.
You are welcome.