Posted by Paul White on 10/01/05 19:04

Christian Kirsch wrote:
> Paul White wrote:
>
>>Does anybody use DBDesigner4 from fabforce? If so have you had any problems
>>connecting to an existing database?
>>
>>I always get a wrong password error even though I know for certain that both
>>the username and pw are correct.
>>
>
>
> You might want to google for this one - it's a known problem when the
> MySQL client lib is older than the server or vice versa. MySQL changed
> the password encrytion method at some point. There's an option for the
> server (--old-password or something like that) that re-establishes the
> old behaviour. That should make it work with DBDesigner.
>
> However, AFAIK this product is no longer actively developed. I doubt
> that it'll be able to take advantages of the new features in MySQL 5
> and afterwards (Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views ...)

Thanks Christian,

I like the table design features in this software which is why I was
using it. If it doesn't connect directly toth DB so be it. I'm finding a
few other 'undocumented features' so I may stop using it in favour of
better supported products.

Paul

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