Posted by "Holografix" on 10/26/05 19:05

Hi
See this
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html

Best regards

"Vizion" <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> escreveu na mensagem
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>I have just installed MySql on Win XP and am attempting to run a php script
>to
> create some databases. The script works fine on FreeBSD 5.3 running
> mysql-client-5.0.11 and mysql-server-5.0.11.
>
> MySQL has been installed on windows XP using a download of
> mysql-5.0.13-rc-win32.zip. Test.php reports php version 4.3.1.0 and is
> installed with ZendStudio which I am currently testing on win XP as I
> cannot
> yet get any version of Zend later than 3.x to run on FreeBSD.
>
> The username for mysql is 10 chars with a password of 8 chars and is able
> to
> login successfully from the command line.
>
> However when attempting to login via the script I get the following error:
>
> "Error while connecting to MySQL: Client does not support authentication
> protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client."
>
> I have searched the mysql website and located an article which shows
> reference
> to this error indicating that the client may need to be upgraded but as I
> am
> using the mysql-5.0.13-rc-win32.zip package I am cautious about assuming
> that
> that is the actual cause.
>
> I am curious whether it is something to do with the php version.
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix this?
>
> Please ask for additional information you think might be helpful
> Thanks in advance
>
> david
>
>
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