Re: Trying to use command line interface

I would not enter the password on the first command because then it's 
displayed in clear text.

Just type
mysql -u root -p

and then you'll be prompted for the password.

HTH
Joelle

James Eaton wrote:
> I'm running MySQL 5.0.24 as a service on Windows XP Pro.  I'm trying 
> to 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?
>
>
>
>

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