Re: [PHP] MySQL Madness

2003-01-29 Thread Sunfire
ok sorry to repeat everything already said - Original Message - From: Adam Voigt To: Sunfire Cc: Gibbs, Liam - SXIA ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] MySQL Madness MySQL infact perfectly understands what localhost is

Re: [PHP] MySQL Madness

2003-01-29 Thread Adam Voigt
MySQL infact perfectly understands what localhost is, example: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO bob@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; The above will work fine, and aslong as you connect in your PHP with the username "bob", and host "localhost" with pass "password" you'll be fine.

Re: [PHP] MySQL Madness

2003-01-29 Thread Sunfire
hi.. i came across the same problem before and it was well lets say i probably dont have any hair left (from pulling it out) hehe.. anyways you need to go into the grant tables and look to see what is set up for users.. most likely you dont have a root@localhost user because as far as i understand

Re: [PHP] MySQL Madness

2003-01-29 Thread Mike Vanecek
If MySQL is configured on your system correctly, you need a password in your script. I'm curious, though, why you're accessing it as root? Usually I create a user account in mysql and grant only the priviledges needed for that account. It may be a mute point, but if a bug were to crop up and yo

Re: [PHP] MySQL Madness

2003-01-29 Thread Rick Emery
If you're using root, then you must use the root password in mysql_connect(). - Original Message - From: "Gibbs, Liam - SXIA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: [PHP] MySQL Madness First off, when executing this command: $conn

RE: [PHP] MySQL Madness

2003-01-29 Thread Bryan Brannigan
put your password in the mysql_connect. mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "yourpassword"); or create a new user in mysql that has no password and minimal permissions. > -Original Message- > From: Gibbs, Liam - SXIA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:46 AM >