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jrmorgan
03-24-2004, 10:21 PM
Hey everyone, I just started the Personal Web Server on my XP Professional so I could start more practice on php...but am having problems with installing MySql.

It installs (at least it seems so) ok, but I never have "access" to the database. It always says "Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'mysql'

This is not on a network, but on a laptop for myself. No one but me uses it and like I said, I am only setting this up for educational purposes (not real use). I can see the two tables, test and mysql, using 'mysql show'...but cant really do much more.

I started the Admin GUI tool to look at the .ini file, and it has HOST=Jaret, my username and then my password. I tried logging on with these values but it never works. Any ideas from you experts? (By the way, php is installed successfully...)

Thanks!

Steveo31
03-25-2004, 05:54 AM
With the error you gave, it means you are trying to log in with username "@localhost". Should be "root" @ "localhost". I have no idea on how to change the config settings... I can only suggest something like EasyPHP (easyphp.org) and PhpMyAdmin.