Hi all,
I came across something strange today on my dev machine and thought I'd
see if anyone here has run into a similar problem. To begin, my dev
machine is Win7 Ultimate 64-bit, running MySQL 5.5.11 (also 64-bit).
Today when I tried to log into the server using the old MySQL GUI tools
If it's recently been upgraded or had an old pre-upgrade backup restored,
that's not a major surprise; and surely you won't have ben running mysql on a
win7 for several years :-)
In brief, mysql changed password encryptions between 4.1 and 5.0, for various
reasons. The old password scheme is
There's been no upgrade or old pre-upgrade on this machine. I say the
same dev password for years, as it is the same password I've used on my
dev machines throughout the years.
This machine started off as a fresh install of the OS several months
ago. The only version of MySQL ever on this
This happens when you use an old client / library. Can you try from command
line? Also issue: mysql --version
Claudio
On Jun 12, 2011 3:09 PM, Tim Thorburn webmas...@athydro.com wrote:
There's been no upgrade or old pre-upgrade on this machine. I say the
same dev password for years, as it is the
