Well, it looks like the issue was resolved by changing host from "%" to "localhost". I don't understand what the "%" is, but that apparently that fixed it.
I'm pretty sure its not the older driver issue ... this is the first install of connector/J I've ever put on this machine, and I'm using 3.0 Beta. :) Thanks. Neal -----Original Message----- From: Mark Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:03 PM To: neal Cc: suresh; mySQL Subject: Re: JDBC - Access denied (using password: yes) neal wrote: > Thanks for the response. > > I am using this (where 'bob' is both the uid and the pwd value): > > Connection myConn = > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:///test?user=bob&password=bob"); > > That does not work. Dispite having specified a password of 'bob', this DOES > work: > > Connection myConn = > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:///test?user=bob&password="); > > That's the wierd part. I'll try explicitly naming localhost but I think > that is implied(?). > > Cheers. > Neal > > -----Original Message----- > From: suresh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:50 PM > To: neal > Subject: Re: JDBC - Access denied (using password: yes) > > > > Are you using Connection con = > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/database_name?user=root" > ) ; > If not try this > > regards > Kayamboo Suresh > > > At 07:27 Χ΋ 02/08/28 -0700, you wrote: > >>Does anyone know why I would recieve this error, when attmepting to connect >>to mySQL via JDBC(driver=Connector/J 3.0 beta) I can connect if I provide > > no > >>password (even if the account specifies a pwd)? I can connect correctly >>using MySQL Front ... but JDBC is giving me this error. >> >>javax.servlet.ServletException: Invalid authorization specification: Access >>denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES) >> >>Thanks. >>Neal >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 > I bet you're actually not using Connector/J. This is a bug from a _very_ old version of MM.MYSQL...Make sure MM.MySQL is not hanging around _anywhere_ on your CLASSPATH. -Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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