Hello, i'm nebies here! I really need your help about setting up MySQL privileges.
I've newly installed MySQL and have successfully follow as the book said until when it's time to set up privileges.

I typed this DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User='';. However, instead of returning the Query Ok results I got this Error 1046: No Database Selected instead. What does this mean? How do I solve it? Please help me!

P.S. I'm using Windows XP Pro and MySQL 4.0.20a for windows....

Thanks in advance,
MIMT

Type:

USE mysql;

First.

You should get a:

Database changed

Message. "No Database Selected" means exactly that: yoou're in, but you haven't chosen a database to work with yet. "mysql" is the name of MySQL's own internal configuration database.

Okay, I've tried what you've wrote. Here's another error... Error 1044: Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'mysql'

What should I do, next?

P.S. I remembered checking the list of the database I have... there's only one which is TEST, and there's no mysql database or others.

I tried using the same script 'DELETE FROM...' after i changed to test database but still error came up. Error 1466: table 'test.user' doesn't exit

Hi MIMT,

what is the username you used to login to mysql? This ERROR message is a result usually of the user not logging onto mySQL correctly.

That cannot happen. MYSQL is the master database for mysql server. without that exisiting you cannot even access that database server.

BTW, can you post the method/code you used to login to your mysql server and to check the list of databases in the sequence you used?

Cheers!

_________________________
-Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

Hi again,

I'm trying set up the password for my root access and so I'm guessing that the username must be root isn't it suppose to be? For as far as I know, I haven't set up any special username (e.g. my name) or any password yet. I have just learned (in book) to configure MySQL installation. And here's where I reach:

1.) c:\mysql\bin\mysql (I tried using c:\mysql\bin\mysql mysql but it said access denied)
2.) mysql> DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User=''; (and this is where I stuck)!

And this is the method I used for checking the Database list show databases; (found in www.mysqlfreaks.com)

P.S. This is my first time using MySQL... very very first.... :( What do you think goes wrong?

Hi Mimt,
You may take a look at these pages to understand how username and password needs to be used to login to mysql and details about the user table and privileges.

MySQL Usernames and Passwords

How the Privilege System Works

Hope that helps.
Cheers!

_________________________
-Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

The solution is to instal a mysql free tool in you system. I had a lot of these head aches. But I install PHPMYADMIN -- ofcours if you just want to use the database. With this tool you can easly manage your database and you learn more about this.

Najib