# Database not storing tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database, ignition80\
**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808 "2020-04-09T04:37:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vicente.agosin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a6a055/32.png) [@vicente.agosin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vicente.agosin)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808/1 "2020-04-09T04:37:04Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I am using Ignition 8. I want to store tags in a mySQL database.  
I have connected the database to Ignition (in status the database connection is valid, and from mySQL, when I start the ignition gateway and see the “show processlist”, I can see the connection). I have set some tags (memory tags at first) with the history option, and set the options I need, but the tags are not stored on the database. Any ideas?  
Thanks in advance.  
Cheers,  
Vicente.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808/2 "2020-04-09T11:15:36Z")

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Do you see a set of tables in the DB with names starting with `sqlth_` ? If not, then Ignition doesn’t have permission to create the tables it needs. It is best to create a database with the Ignition user account as the owner, so all tables and resources created automatically have the permissions Ignition needs.

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**Author:** ![vicente.agosin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a6a055/32.png) [@vicente.agosin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vicente.agosin)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808/3 "2020-04-16T22:01:16Z")

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Hello.  
Thank you for the answer.  
After some time, I finally got it functioning, from this post on the forum:

> [@No tag Historian tables created in database](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-tag-historian-tables-created-in-database/19781/21):
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> Was having the similar issues as of Ignition version 8.0.3 using MySQL version 5.7-- tables weren’t being created even though the connection was valid and rooted. I could create tables using the DB query browser. Restarting gateway didn’t help. I was able to resolve the issue by manually adding the Connector/J (I used version 8.0.17) as a custom driver using all the regular options you’d use in the default-provided MySQL Connector/J driver. New connections using this custom driver worked. I’m …

I got some ideas, and finally the way to make it to work was creating a new tag, and give the Historian settings in the creation of the Tag. Also to give full credentials to the mysql user associated with the Ignition tags, and then everything worked.