'access is denied' - trying to load schema

[Eu reka]

I can't load my schema into my rails production DB. I'm hoping this is a simple problem.

- I Created mysql database called batman_production.

- I Created a user Joker with ALL privileges granted to batman_production.

- I can log into mysql with -u Joker and the correct password. I can see 'batman_production' when I type 'show databases;'.

- I then exit mysql and go into my rails app folder and run:

'rake db:schema:load RAILS_ENV=production'.
I then get 'Access denied for user 'Joker'@'localhost' to database 'batman_production'.

I double-checked the database.yml file and it has Joker's credentials.

I believe the webhost I'm running these commands on has mysql 4.1.

Any suggestions on where to proceed from here? Thank you!