Password recovery

[Luis Melgarejo]

Hi there,

I try to change the password to access my MySQL using the following command:

UPDATE mysql.user SET password = PASSWORD <"root"> WHERE user = "root";

and I get the following error:

Error 1064 <42000>: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'where user = "root"' at line 1

I can not create a new database because it asks for a username and password and do not remember to have indicated at the installation. Any help?