Re: Error 1045

ike strong wrote:

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this,

This is not the right place to ask this. Ask on a MySQL mailing list. This is php.

but can anyone help me to figure out why each time I try to access my database using:

       c:\mysql\bin\inmysql -root -p

In windows -- unless you specifically create a user, you don't need to pass a user. c:\mysql\bin\mysql will launch you as root. -u username is the syntax you want to use if you want to login as a particular user.

and afterwards:(i.e. after the password prompt)

       Enter Password: '******' 

I get the following:

Error 1045: Access denied for    user:

'ODBC@localhost'(Using password: YES)

Obviously the system thinks your are ODBC. If you haven't done so already, run winmysqladmin and check your system. Use the -u command line option to specify a user. There is no such option as -root Next time, ask on the MySQL list. -- Burhan Khalid phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com http://www.meidomus.com ----------------------- "Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing."