Sorry, It was a little mistake in my previous letter. "mysqladmin create databases" does not output any error messages, however it does not create database "databases". However, "mysqladmin drop databases" produce this: /usr/local/mysql/etc/ access.grant > mysqladmin drop databases Dropping the database is potentially a very bad thing to do. Any data stored in the database will be destroyed. Do you really want to drop the 'databases' database [y/N] y mysqladmin: drop of 'databases' failed; error: 'You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'databases' at line 1' Regards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php