Hello,
I'm not sure if my previous post made it to the list, but it seems that mysql no longer accepts '.' in database names. I merely changed the . with _ and the missing databases came alive :) Kind Regards, 0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0 escape net m a k i n g t h e n e t w o r k f o r y o u 465b South Road ph 8293 2526 KESWICK SA 5035 fx 8293 2949 0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0 On Tue, 21 May 2002, Myk Melez wrote: > Stavros Patiniotis wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >My hard drive has just failed on my database server, and I have rebuilt it > >and copied the data from backups back on to the drive, however mySQL > >cannot see all of the databases. > > > >A 'show databases' shows all of the databases, however 'use DBNAME' says > >....ERROR 1102: Incorrect database name.... > > > > > My first guess is a file/directory permissions problem. Make sure the > backups you copied over are owned by the user the MySQL server runs as > (probably "mysql"). > > -myk > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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