Sounds like a permissions problem. Make sure the login you are using has the rights to see the databases in question. (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/SHOW_GRANTS.html)
You may need to GRANT yourself additional privileges. (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/GRANT.html) Respecfully, Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/19/2004 10:44:01 AM: > Just so you know I am pretty new to all this. > > I recently installed MySQL 4 on my PC. My friend gave me mysqlgui.exe to help > configure stuff. So I made several databases using it. Now I know these > databases are there, because I am running IPB on one of them, and > they show up > under the data directory. However, when I run and look at mysql via > the command > prompt, and enter in the mysqlshow command, all it does is show the original > test database. This same thing occurs when I look at my databases in > mysqladmin. > All it shows is the original test database. What is going on?
