Thats a REALLY old version.
Jon Brookes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been using mysql fine on a win32 box.. but have now also installed it on
>Linux box. The version details are below:
>
> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15smp
>
> I am using this version of mySQL:
>
> mysqladmin Ver 5.3 Distrib 3.20.32a, for pc-linux-gnu on i686
> TCX Datakonsult AB, by Monty
>
> Server version 3.20.32a
> Protocol version 9
> Connection Localhost via UNIX socket
> TCP port 3306
> UNIX socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> Uptime: 17 hours 9 min 15 sec
>
> I can log in as root no problem but some of the functions dont seem to be working.
>Check the following example:
>
> mysql> use mysql;
> ERROR: parse error near 'use mysql' at line 1
>
> Although if I login selecting the mySQL database and enter a SELECT statement it
>seems to work without any problems..
>
> mysql> select * from user;
> 2 rows in set (0.02 sec)
>
> +-----------+------+----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------
> ------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+--------------+--
> ---------+
> | Host | User | Password | Select_priv | Insert_priv | Update_priv | Delete
> _priv | Create_priv | Drop_priv | Reload_priv | Shutdown_priv | Process_priv | F
> ile_priv |
> +-----------+------+----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------
> ------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+--------------+--
> ---------+
> | localhost | root | | Y | Y | Y | Y
> | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y
> |
> | localhost | | | N | N | N | N
> | N | N | N | N | N | N
> |
> +-----------+------+----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------
> ------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+--------------+--
> ---------+
>
> Or if I try to create a new DB from the monitor I get this error:
>
> mysql> create database testdb;
> ERROR: parse error near 'database testdb' at line 1
>
> But when I carry out the same task using mysqladmin it works fine:
>
> [root@monty mysql]# mysqladmin create testdb
> Database "testdb" created.
>
>
> I am assuming that the server is configured incorrectly in some way..
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jon.
--
Gerald L. Clark
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