Hi Josh, I just got through going through this myself. There is a tech note regarding this issue (courtesy of the House of Fusion blog). Once I followed the instructions it appears to be working fine for me. I am using CFMX7, but the tech note is for MX, so it should work.
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=6ef0253&pss=rss_coldfusion_6ef0253 On 8/27/05, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have set up MySQL on my local box, everything works fine until I try to use > a password when creating a datasource in CF Administrator. I get the "1045 > Access Denied" error. I am able to create the datasource fine if I don't use > a password, so I know the issue is not caused by incorrect privileges in the > mysql.user or mysql.db tables. Also if I do set up the datasource without a > password, and try to use a password in a cfquery, I get the same error. > > My platform: Windows XP SP2/CFMX 6.1/MySQL 4.1 > > Thanks for any assistance! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216618 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54