[krich]

Originally Posted by Jerrysn

Thanks Krich for not being a smartass and giving an answer.

I quote from a guide..

"if the last step, the GRANT... command, gives you an access denied error, exit out of mysql.exe & open it again via the command prompt with mysql.exe --user=root eq & repeat the GRANT... command)"

This guide has two minus signs. Myself knowing didly-squat about SQL wonders what the difference between one and two minus signs in front of a parameter?


-Jerry

Jerry,

Under Linux, and I assume a similar setup in Windows, the:

-u <userid>

and

--user=<userid>

are equivilant. Not sure if that holds true under Windows. Also not sure what the reason is for the double minus options, but that's just the way it is (duplicate/identical command line options).

Regards,

krich