Does enclosing the username and host in single quotes help? I.E. GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'update'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'update';
Regards, Mike Hillyer www.vbmysql.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MySQL 4.0.13 GRANT syntax > > > I am attempting to modify the GRANT table using the syntax > specified in the > MySQL 4.0.13 documentation, and am getting error messages claiming the > syntax is incorrect. (I'm running MySQL on Windows 98, by the > way.) I used > mysqlc with root access. > > mysql> USE mysql; > Database changed > mysql> GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY 'update'; > ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the > manual that > corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax > to use near > '[EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY 'update'' at line 1 > mysql> > > From the manual, the syntax: > > GRANT priv_type [(column_list)] [, priv_type [(column_list)] ...] > ON {tbl_name | * | *.* | db_name.*} > TO user_name [IDENTIFIED BY [PASSWORD] 'password'] > [, user_name [IDENTIFIED BY 'password'] ...] > [REQUIRE > NONE | > [{SSL| X509}] > [CIPHER cipher [AND]] > [ISSUER issuer [AND]] > [SUBJECT subject]] > [WITH [GRANT OPTION | MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR # | > MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR # | > MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR #]] > > ... and the following examples: > > mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION; > mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO monty@"%" > -> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION; > mysql> GRANT RELOAD,PROCESS ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > mysql> GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > It appears that my syntax is consistant with the examples > provided in the > 4.0.13 documentation. The root account, of course, has full > privileges with > GRANT. > > Any ideas? > > ---------------------- > Adam Lawrence > Sustaining Engineering > Tectrol Inc. > ---------------------- > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
