And I am receiving the following error when trying to install the upgrade.
MySQL error!
Error establishing a database connection!
(Access denied for user: 'demouser@localhost' (Using password: YES))
1. Are you sure you have typed the correct user/password?
2. Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
3. Are you sure that the database server is running?
Can anybody tell me why this is happening? Do I need to create an entirelyl new database, separate from the one I was using for the previous version?
You have probably overwritten your config file.. see /conf/_basic_config.php