The same limitation is also in 4.1.x versions. You have to edit the source of the client library and recompile.
Mark Constable wrote:
Howdy. For years I have manually altered mysql.user.User to 64 chars to accommodate email length user IDs but now, after upgrading to v5.0.21, the "normal" alter table routine I use seems to ruin the table altogether. I can't use mysqlcheck to fix it because the root user can't log in. On a fresh install I usually do this, but get the following error... # mysql -e "ALTER TABLE user CHANGE User User CHAR(64)" mysql # mysqladmin -u root password 'abc' mysqladmin: unable to change password; error: 'Can't find any matching row in the user table' I know what I am doing is non-standard but being limited to 16 char usernames is unacceptable. Would anyone know of a workaround other than using postgresql ? Are there any table fixing programs that don't require a running mysql server ? --markc
-- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
