Re: MySQL PRIVILEGES problem

Hi, u have to change the database first and then try to update. Plz do the following. shell> mysql -u root mysql mysql>use mysql; mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password') where user='root'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Regards -Balaji ----- Original Message ----- From: Manu Verhaegen To: php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 3:19 PM Subject: [PHP] MySQL PRIVILEGES problem Dear all, I have the following problem : I want change te root password for mysql and we receive the following error message ERROR 1064: parse error near 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES' at line 1 I login to my MySQL server and type the following commands shell> mysql -u root mysql mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password') where mysql> user='root'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; ERROR 1064: parse error near 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES' at line 1 thanks in advance.

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