I'm going to the dos window on the server and typing "mysql" to kick it off. That's when I get the error.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Fw: installing mysql / error > "David Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/30/2004 12:34:31 PM: > > > > > > > We loaded a new server with Windows XP professional, and mysql > > server 4.1. We can't get Mysql to run. After installing mysql and > > trying to execute it we get the following message: > > > > ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'ODBC' @'localhost' > > (using password: NO) > > > > Any ideas on what we can try and do? > > > > Thanks > > David. > > Your server IS running or you wouldn't have that error, you would have > seen something else. You left out a critical detail from your original > post: > > What are you doing when you get that error? > > If you are attempting a connection through an ODBC driver, you need to be > aware that even the most up-to-date driver acts like a pre-4.1 client. > That means you may need to follow one or more of the suggestions > documented here: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Problems.html > especially read A.2.3 : > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Old_client.html > > Let me know if I am on the right track, OK? > > Shawn Green > Database Administrator > Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
