Hey nick. Since you are on a local box security really isn't an issue.... You need to make sure that you put in username: root and password to whatever you made the root password be.
J.J. On 10/10/07, Nick Sweeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok - here's a great Newb question! > > I have never setup CFAdministrator locally to connect to a MySQL DB. But, I > got a new laptop and thought it would be a good idea to setup a "local > testing environment on it." > > I have CF Server 8 - Developer installed > > I also have MySQL 5.1 installed - and I created a db with a table > > I go into the CF admin and try to connect - but nothing - so I think my > settings are wrong? > > Datasource:bigfatty > Server:bigfatty > port: 3306 > username: > password: > > And I get the error "Connection verification failed for datasource: bigfatty > blah blah Access Denied for user "@'localhost'(using password: NO)" > > I have no idea what I am doing.... In the past all databases were setup on > the webserver by the hosting company. > > Thanks - Nick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:3100 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
