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		| the funny thing is EQAmin has no problem accessing database with same set varbles. | 
	
 Is youe EQAdmin tool open at the same time you are booting the servers?
In the beginning I had the reverse problem. In order to fix it I had to create a second user account in mysql. Not a second database, but a second account that refrences the same database. 
so my server runs off :
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		| [Database] host=edited host name
 user=eq
 password=edited pw
 database=eq
 | 
	
 And my EQAdmin runs off 
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		| [GENERAL] DBNAME=eq
 DBHOST=edited host name
 DBUSERNAME=eq2
 DBPASSWORD=edited password
 EQPATH=C:\Program Files\EverQuest\
 MAPSPATH=C:\My Documents\EQEmulation\EQAdmin Maps\
 | 
	
 This way I was able to have both logged in at the same time. I do not understand why it needed it, but it did.
Of course I am running mysql on Linux and that may not apply to you, but if it applies to anyone else later, hopefully a search will pull up this thread if it may help them.