... work fine with:
mysql> select * from access where UserID='myusername' and password=password('mypassword'); ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tewfic Kidess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Gelu Gogancea'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tewfic Kidess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: RE: Password=password('mypassword') > actually, the access table is a table that i've created, in a different > database than mysql, that holds usernames and passwords for a site that i'm > working on. It has nothing to do with user table of mysql database. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gelu Gogancea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 9:43 AM > To: Tewfic Kidess; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Password=password('mypassword') > > > Hi, > "access" table it's your table or you make reference to the mysql.user table > ? > > Regards, > Gelu > _____________________________________________________ > G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY > > Permanent e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tewfic Kidess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:55 PM > Subject: RE: Password=password('mypassword') > > > > Hello, thanks for the suggestions so far but... > > > > Empty set (0.00 sec) > > > > mysql> select * from access where UserID='myusername' and > > password('mypassword'); > > returns correct result... > > > > mysql> select * from access where UserID='myusername' and > > password('wrongpassword'); > > returns correct result (same result as returned in the previous select) > > > > which brings me to the realization that: > > select * from access where UserID='myusername' and password('mypassword'); > > does not work! it's not checking for the correct password > > > > Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Georg Richter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:58 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Password=password('mypassword') > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Why does select * from usertable where user=username and Password = > > > password('passowrd') not worked? > > > > > > > You should quote the username, and fix the typo in 'passowrd'. > > > > select * from usertable where user=username and password('password') does > > work, but that only checks if user exists and doesn't check for the > correct > > password... > > > > Same here, quote the username and set the Password field in the where > > clause. > > > > Regards > > > > Georg > > > > mysql,query > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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