SUCCESS!!! I got it. So I took a look at the wp-config and compared it to one of the working databases wp-config and the difference was: database username and database password (the working one was "root" so I changed that to root, and password was empty just two ticks so I changed that) Site is now up.
Ok, now how to back up and export so I can upgrade to the current version? Also, curious about this error I see in my apache error log:
" AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/, referer: [
www.insecam.com];
and this one:
3316:tid 604] [client 117.86.197.60:55777] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/render, referer: [
hotel.qunar.com]
[Wed Sep 03 04:12:38.452237 2014] [access_compat:error] [pid 3316:tid 604] [client 110.45.241.238:50660] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/cfg
[Wed Sep 03 07:44:19.548699 2014] [access_compat:error] [pid 3316:tid 760] [client 202.90.198.68:19454] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/eiei
[Wed Sep 03 07:44:20.047727 2014] [access_compat:error] [pid 3316:tid 760] [client 202.90.198.68:19509] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/phpMyAdmin
[Wed Sep 03 07:44:20.572757 2014] [access_compat:error] [pid 3316:tid 760] [client 202.90.198.68:19593] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/pma
[Wed Sep 03 07:44:21.080786 2014] [access_compat:error] [pid 3316:tid 760] [client 202.90.198.68:19643] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/wamp/www/myadmin
[Wed Sep 03 10:27:24.234351 2014] [access_compat:error] [pid 3316:tid 748] [client 66.249.79.64:47134] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: C:/websites/gleamla/wp-content/uploads/sl-uploads
the referer in both of those seam odd, is that normal? hotel qunar and insecam???
Thank you so much!!