have you set up permissions for the user you are connecting as? see GRANT in the MySql manual. The test bit is a default setting for users with no privileges (from my slightly rusty memory)
HTH Peter ----------------------------------------------- Excellence in internet and open source software ----------------------------------------------- Sunmaia www.sunmaia.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. 0121-242-1473 ----------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael K. Dolan Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 April 2002 00:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] Weird Windows SQL > > > Hi, I just installed MySQL on Windows XP. > > The winmysqladmin GUI only allows me to create databases that > start with "test". So, I can create a database called > "testmydata" but I cannot create a database named "mydata". This > is driving me nuts. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Mike > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php