Re: Trying to use command line interface

Michael Louie Loria <[email protected]> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:22:13 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.db.mysql.windows
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

> I'm running MySQL 5.0.24 as a service on Windows XP Pro.  I'm trying o
> get into the command line environment and not having any luck.  Using:
>
> ...5.0\bin>mysql -u root -p rootpassword
>
> I get another prompt for a password
>
> Enter password: _
>
> I enter the root password again, then I get the following error:
>
> ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'rootpassword'
>
> What am I doing wrong here?

>mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

Do not type the password yet after the -p switch

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