Re: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?

[freedom pelone]

Brian Mitchell wrote:
> Thanks, Alois! It solved my problem.
>
> To clarify the procedure for other newbies out
> there, type the following statement at your mysql
> command line client, *exactly* as is, except
> substitute user for the username in question, host
> for the servername (for me it was localhost), and
> current_password for the password you use to login
> to the database. You should leave all the single
> quotes in the statement.
>
> SET PASSWORD FOR 'user'@'host' =
> OLD_PASSWORD('current_password');

Brian, thanx! you're such a blessing!! thank you... =D