RE: DBDesigner 4 connection problem with MySQL DB

Hi Mikhail,

Thanks for your help ... it works!

--ritu

--- "Berman, Mikhail" <mberman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ritu,
> 
> The last time, I have solved this problem by
> converting password for a
> user that is used to connect from DBDesigner to
> MySQL to an old pre-4.0
> passwords type. Someone in one of MySQL lists posted
> solution a few
> months ago.
> For conversion use, from MySQL manual:
> 
> "Reset the password to pre-4.1 style for each user
> that needs to use a
> pre-4.1 client program. This can be done using the
> SET PASSWORD
> statement and the OLD_PASSWORD() function:
> 
> mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR
>     -> 'some_user'@'some_host' =
> OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd');
> 
> Alternatively, use UPDATE and FLUSH PRIVILEGES:
> 
> mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password =
> OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd')
>     -> WHERE Host = 'some_host' AND User =
> 'some_user';
> mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
> 
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Mikhail Berman
> Ives Inc
> (508)476-7007 ext.27
> mberman@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ritu Sinha [mailto:ritu2p@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:35 PM
> To: gui-tools@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: DBDesigner 4 connection problem with MySQL
> DB
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just downloaded the latest version of DBDesigner 4
> from fabFORCE.net
> (v4.0.5.6) and installed it on Windows. I already
> have MySQL server
> installed and running on my machine. When I try to
> connect to MySQL DB,
> it asks me for the Username (root) and password. I
> use the same root
> password that I use for the MySQL Administrator (and
> it works), however,
> I keep getting
> "dbExpress: Invalid Username/password" message. Can
> someone please
> help??
> 
> Thanks,
> Ritu 
> 
> 
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