MYSQL :: Newb Starting MySql-Permissions

MySQL Newb, VARCHAR Or TEXT?
Well, I'v been learning SQL because I'm trying to make a massive program for a site I'm working on and I wanted to create user login script. So I need to know which one I should use. Varchar or one of the text variation. I'v seen alot of scripts using varchar but when I was looking through my book all he used were the text variations. So I don't know what to do.
Also, for the INT variations, how do they work? does the rand like 0-255 for tinyint does that just mean the integer in that section has to be between 0 and 255 or that that table will only be able to hold up to 255 differen't intergers?

Newb: Can You Do This With UNIX_TIMESTAMP?
Is this valid:

UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_ADD(now(), INTERVAL -15 MINUTE)) ?

Newb: Sorting And Summarizing Data
SQL Question:
1) I have to retrieve data from a database and sort the data by created_at DESC.
2) Using the retrieved data above, I also have to provide summary of sales records, that fall into each country, state and city.
Would I be able to do 1 and 2 in a single SQL, without compromising the sorted data (by created_at DESC).

MySQL Permissions
I would like mysql to create and manage the database files in
my normal /home directory (rather than in the mysql directories). Is
this possible? Is this desirable? Which settings would I need to
change to allow this? Or should I just let mysql create the databases
in it's default directory and set the permissions there?

MySQL Permissions
I have installed mysql (under SuSE 8.1) and everything seems to work
fine when I am logged in as root. However, with my normal user profile
I can get a mysql> prompt but have no permissions to carry out any
database operations.

I would really like to work with my normal profile and am hoping that it
is merely a question of setting permissions correctly. Can anyone tell
me which files and paths I should check (and change)?

Ideally, I would like mysql to create and manage the database files in
my normal /home directory (rather than in the mysql directories). Is
this possible? Is this desirable? Which settings would I need to
change to allow this? Or should I just let mysql create the databases
in it's default directory and set the permissions there?

User Permissions: MySQL DB Design
There is a huge problem I have been breaking my head over in the field of setting user permissions for my CMS.

It is still in the development stage so I have all the freedom I need for any adjustments I need to make.

My main focus of worry is on how to set the permissions, not in a static, but in a dynamic way.

The end goal is to install the CMS for a variety of people. They will then have the control to make their own user groups and permission rules for each group and post.

What I am having problems with is the following:
Figuring out how to design the database to give me the options to:

-Set read, write, edit, move, delete, vote, comment, attach permissions for posts.

-Users can only do these things on posts of their user-level and lower or if they are the author. IF the post category allows this.

Update: Where I am at now:
I have decided to go with assigning 'levels' to each group and for each action.

Level 0 is the admin level, the admin can do whatever he wants. Level 255 is a ban.

I think I should set level-requirements on different types of posts. Let's say an admin announcement has edit-requirement level 0 where as an author article would have edit-requirement level 1 so only trusted mods can change it but reading-level 10 so all people can read it. (example level values).

I was thinking something like this:
posts[post_id....post_level_id=ì«']
post_permissions[permission_id=ì«', read_level=ཆ' edit_level=Ƈ' delete_level=Ɔ'....etc]

Do you guys think this would be a good way to go? And how would you integrate this into the database?

As stated before I edited the post a bit.

Problem With MySQL Connection Permissions.
I'm running mySQL locally on my computer. When I run my C# application I have the connect as

string MySQLDBConnect = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" +
"SERVER=localhost;" +
"DATABASE=filetransfer;" +
"UID=********;" +
"PASSWORD=********;" +
"OPTION=3";

Everything works fine when it's set at localhost. But that's pretty useless as it onlly works on mmy PC. So instead I'll put in my IP adress. Let's say I change Localhost to 111.111.111.111. Then I get an error.

ERROR #0
Message: [MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver] Host '111.111.111.111' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server.
Native: 1130
Source:
SQL: HY000

The database does get connected. I can tell because I can see the connect going through my firewall. But I get a premission error. I'm guessing it's with my database setup but I couldn't be sure.

Creating Group Permissions In MySQL
I would like to be able to assign my employees to groups based on what department they are in (all users in accounting would belong to the accounting group, all users in customer service would belong to the customer service group).

Then I want to be able to grant database permissions based on what group a user is in: something like

GRANT SELECT TO myTable FOR AccountingGroup
(obviously not ANSI SQL).

Is there an easy way to do this?

Access And MySQL User Permissions
I'm wondering how Access FrontEnd Users' username and passwords may be sent within a connection string when performing a query on MySQL tables. Maybe I'm just missing how Access and MySQl communicate here? If I set up security permissions on the Access front end forms/reports and database/table/record priveleges in MySQL how do I get them to work in conjunction with each other?

The only way I know how is to create the database connection in code using ADO and pass the username and password of the current user in the connection string. I don't know how to get a handle on the current user's username and password that were supplied when logging into Access. Could anyone shed some light as to how this arrangement is supposed to operate when verfiying user permissions on MySQL objects?

Permissions In Mysql Control Center
I need to allow 3 different servers to access my MySQL Server. How do I do this? Also, I was told that having MySQL configured so it doesn't restrict access is bad - how do I make sure that's not the case?I feel like I know what they're saying, but I don't know how to actually implement this in the Control Center, and I must be using the wrong keywords because when I look it up, all I find is stuff on how to connect to the MySQL Server from my web page using php (which is what I'm using and already doing).

Starting MYSQL On A Mac
I feel quite stupid I cannot seem to get MYSQL to even run on my Mac (OS X 10.4)

I have installed MYSQL and then went to terminal and entered

cd /usr/local/mysql

then

sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe

then my password as prompted

which is followed by

Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data

- at this point as it just seems to stop

What next? I have tried entering mysql -u grifkerry -p but nothing happens! I have left it for a while but still nothing.

Starting MySQL
I need to transfer a database from one computer to another. Both computers are Macintoshes running OS X Panther. Both computers are running MySQL through localhost. The computer to which I am transferring the database has MySQL up and running perfectly fine.

The computer from which I want to get the database is able to query the database through a web application using Perl but when I try to run MySQL from the Unix command line using the following text: "mysql -h localhost -u root -p" I get the following response "-sh: mysql: command not found."

As far as I know, MySQL is installed correctly on this machine (I would assume it has to be in order for the web application to access the database through Perl and MySQL). If I can start and run MySQL, I know that I can dump the database using the "mysqldump" command. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I need to do to get the mysql command to execute correctly so that I can run the program?

Starting Mysql
im a complete novice regarding mysql

im am trying to start mysql with

c:
et start mysql

and get the system error 1067

Starting Mysql
I used to have an older version of Mysql (4.0) that I started by starting
Winmysqladmin. Now I replaced this with the newest version: 4.1.12 and that
doesn't have Winmysqladmin. After some experimentation I found out that
MYSQLD.EXE seems to start mysql. I can then use phpMyAdmin.

However, my own application still does not work (I can log in, but my
queries give no results). A possible explanation is that I selected the
UTF-8 fontset.

I would like to have advice of what causes this problem and how I can solve
this. I a using Windows ME.

Starting Mysql
I am using window xp, I installed mysql 4.0 and it was working fine.
last week, I uninstalled mysql 4.0 and install 4.1 and it's no longer starting.

before, error message said, "mysql failed start, wait 30 then try again"
then I messed around with it. the error message is gone

right now, it doesn't start, it doesn't give me any error message and I can't even get mysql 4.0 working.

Mysql Not Starting
I had to reload mysql 4.0.17 on to a Fedora Core machine that was previously
working in the same configuration. Now though I can't get the server to run
with the either of the following commands:

../mysql.server start - the command line reappears with no error but no
running process in the system monitor
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe -user=mysql - this command does not return
to the command prompt so when I hit the enter key I get "Starting mysqld
daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 0404124 00:13:21 mysqld ended.

It looks to me as if it attempts to start but fails with no error. What am I
missing on the reinstall?

Starting Mysql
This may be a very simple question and possibly could have a very simple
solution to it.Since I have been using mysql for less than 2 months,I
still consider myself a newbie.I still cannot execute certain
commands from my dos prompt, but I can run queries easily using
phpmyadmin.I have purchased MYSQL Second Edition (Paul Dubois) so I
hope to put it to good use soon.

The question that is of concern to me this morning is the prefered way
to start mysql.I seem to think that I always have a problem because
when I start my PC,mysql is already running as a service.But I am
thinking that because I login to my PC as any user other than the dbase
username,I have a problem afterwards.

Must I always log on to my PC (Win2K) as the same user as the created
user in my DBase in order for mysql to run properly?

Starting MYSQL...
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This may be a very simple question and possibly could have a very simple
solution to it. Since I have been using mysql for less than 2 months, I
still consider myself a newbie.... I still cannot execute certain
commands from my dos prompt, but I can run queries easily using
phpmyadmin. I have purchased MYSQL Second Edition (Paul Dubois) so I
hope to put it to good use soon....

The question that is of concern to me this morning is the prefered way
to start mysql. I seem to think that I always have a problem because
when I start my PC, mysql is already running as a service. But I am
thinking that because I login to my PC as any user other than the dbase
username, I have a problem afterwards.

Must I always log on to my PC (Win2K) as the same user as the created
user in my DBase in order for mysql to run properly?

Starting Mysql 5.0.18
I type in the password and mysql closes. When I reinstall it as an anonymous user mysql asks me to type in my password. I've reinstalled the program a few times. I tried to reset the root password. None of these things work. I also saw that I have a file called prod.err. I open up the file and I see a bunch of stuff that I don't understand. I greatly appreciate anyone who could help me solve this problem. I've run out of ideas.

prod6.err:
InnoDB: The first specified data file .ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
060215 16:31:56 InnoDB: Setting file .ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
060215 16:31:56 InnoDB: Log file .ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file .ib_logfile0 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
060215 16:31:57 InnoDB: Log file .ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file .ib_logfile1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables
InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created
060215 16:31:57 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
060215 16:31:58 [Note] C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Server 5.0inmysqld-nt: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.18-nt' socket: '' port: 3306 MySQL Community Edition (GPL)
060215 16:52:38 [Note] C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Server 5.0inmysqld-nt: Normal shutdown

060215 16:52:39 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
060215 16:52:40 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 43655
060215 16:52:40 [Note] C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Server 5.0inmysqld-nt: Shutdown complete

Starting Mysql
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Hello gang,

This may be a very simple question and possibly could have a very simple
solution to it. Since I have been using mysql for less than 2 months, I
still consider myself a newbie.... I still cannot execute certain
commands from my dos prompt, but I can run queries easily using
phpmyadmin. I have purchased MYSQL Second Edition (Paul Dubois) so I
hope to put it to good use soon....

The question that is of concern to me this morning is the prefered way
to start mysql. I seem to think that I always have a problem because
when I start my PC, mysql is already running as a service. But I am
thinking that because I login to my PC as any user other than the dbase
username, I have a problem afterwards.

Must I always log on to my PC (Win2K) as the same user as the created
user in my DBase in order for mysql to run properly?

Starting MySQL
I have a strange problem with mysql start. In normal procedure I do not see any problem.
I have my product patch (a tar file) and when I try to untar this under /tmp directory and try to start MySQL, it is not getting started. The tar file has following files extracted to /tmp folder
1. install
2. clearevents.sh
3. ClearEvents.class
4. README.txt
5. cleareventscron.txt

If I extract this tar file to some other folder, say /test, I do not see any problem in starting the SQL.Is there any conflict with the file names which I am using here?
Some one please help me in clarifying this issue.

Problem On Starting MySQL
Ubuntu-6.06-LAMP-server-amd64

I followed section "10 MySQL" on;
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06_p4

and found "libmysqlclient12-dev" not installed. After installing it MySQL unabled to start. I reinstalled all packages recommended there.

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient12-dev
Password:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3305kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 82866 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libmysqlclient12-dev 4.0.24-10ubuntu2 (using .../libmysqlclient12-dev_4.0.24-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libmysqlclient12-dev ...
Preparing to replace mysql-client 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.2 (using .../mysql-client_5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mysql-client ...
Preparing to replace mysql-server 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.2 (using .../mysql-server_5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mysql-server ...
Setting up libmysqlclient12-dev (4.0.24-10ubuntu2) ...
Setting up mysql-client (5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.2) ...
Setting up mysql-server (5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.2) ...
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
Killing MySQL database server by signal: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
satimis@ubuntu:~$ /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
Please advise which file I have to edit getting the problem fixed. TIA

Mysql Server Not Starting
I installed mysql on a Mac OSX 1.3.9. It worked and ran with no problems. The machine was restarted and mysql will no longer start up. I have tried everything and nothing works. If I look at the logs it basically tells me that mysql starts and then shuts itself off.

Starting Mysql With Mysqld
i'm trying to change the mysql data path. to do this, i have to shoot down mysql and restart it. i tryed to restart mysql with the program mysqld (i'm using windows xp, mysql server 5.0), but it doesn't work. why? is there any different way to start mysql? there was no error message or something like this. if i start it with mysqld --standalone, it works, but the command window doesn't replay anymore.

Starting Mysql Server
I installed mysql with apache but after a while mysql stoped starting. I even reinstalled both mysql and apache but still i can not start mysql. could any one tell me how to fix this problem.

MySQL Slow Starting Up
I am using a Windows 2003 Web Edition Server running IIS and MySQL 4.1. I had to restart the server the other day and it took MySQL almost 2 hours to come back up. I was watching it on my task manager and it went up to approximately 60,000k in 10k increments before I was able to access MySQL.

My CPU usage was hovering around 3% all this time. Everything else came up on the server just fine. This happens every time I have to restart my server. The reason I have to restart my server most of the time, is because MySQL locks up on me.

Is there any settings I can change that would help me here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One more thing to add. I am using the default my.ini file. We have almost 100 different databases on the server and have around 20000 tables within all of these databases combined. All of these tables are InnoDB tables.

Starting MySQL Initially
I am just starting to work with MySQL and I have it installed on a separae PC at my home as well. I downloaded and installed it, MySQL Administrator and the query analyzer as well. But I need to know how to create an initial database or does mysql come with a default database?

I am asking because I tried to get in throughthe MySQL Administrator and it prompted for a database name initially that it can be linked to, but I realized there were no databases created. How can I create an initial database or is there some sort of utility window that comes with the MySQL download that I can access the database with? BTW, this is installed on Windows OS.

Starting Fresh With Mysql >> Dadabik
I have an Excel spreadsheet which has been my source document for the past several years for a collection I own. It has about 2000 entries (records) and each record has ~20 fields. Photographs of each item in the database are an integral part of this.
What I'd like to do is move all of this knowledge onto the web in database fashion and provide a means to allow users to search the database.
I found DaDaBIK which seems to be perfect for the show and tell phase of my project, but I need to create the database properly first.
I can make a mysql database with my hosting account, but I don't know where to start. I know databases can be tricky; at least what I know of Access is tricky, so I want to do this right.

I'm looking for help, maybe a simple tutorial, that will guide me through the process of transforming my Excel data and photos into a mysql database online.

I have googled for this, but there are so many articles, and it is all over my head anyway.

Starting MySQL 5.0.1 Server Up Problem...
I shutdown my MySQL server using MySQL Administrator 1.0. My problem is that i dont know how to start up the MySQL Server again. I tried to run mysqld-nt.exe by double clicking it but my server will not be up. If i restart my computer then thats the time my MySQL server will be up. Unlike MySQL 4.0.22 if i double click on winmysqladmin.exe my server will be up.

Is there a way to put the server up without restarting my computer?

Mysql Not Starting After VPS Server Reboot
I have a mysql db (Version: '4.0.22' FreeBSD port: mysql-server-4.0.22) running on an Verio VPS, and I am having an issue: After a power failure on Verio that meant restarted servers, etc, I saw that Mysql was not coming up.

I checked the logs / etc and I got this message on /var/db/mysql/<hostname>.err:

060925 00:15:53 mysqld started
060925 0:15:53 bdb: Recovery function for LSN 1 29049 failed
060925 0:15:53 bdb: warning: ./testperl/testab.db: No such file or directory
mysqld in free(): warning: chunk is already free
060925 0:15:53 Can't init databases
060925 0:15:53 Aborting

There is no ./testperl/testab.db anywhere I can see, but OTOH, there should only be a few dbs and none of them is called testperl... Honestly, I have no idea of what might be hapening, but having the db is quite a PITA.

Problem Starting MySql From Root
I am in the process of creating a database which will serve as a backend for the registration of users' details and to handle account activation via the use of php scripts. I really need help with starting MySql. I have scoured various forums and followed instructions from the mysql.com, and other such tutorials.

I am creating the website using dreamweaver on a windows 2000 pc but I am planning to place it on the linux box where the apache web server will handle it (if you know what I mean). The linux server is where the php and Mysql are installed. Incidentally the php installation is located in the /etc directory - and it works.

I downloaded the Mysql binary file version 4.0.25 recently. Followed the installation instructions to the letter up to the change of ownership stuff. Code:

Prevent MySQL From Starting At Startup
I'm starting to play around with MySQL. How can I prevent it from starting up whenever my computer starts? It slows down the startup some, and I'm not always wanting to use it. besides, I can start it myself if I need it.I've had a look on Google for theis, and found quite a few results, but they were fo Linux or Unix. I'm ruinning Windows XP.

Mysql Nt Service Stopped Starting After 2 Years
i have been running mysql on windows server 2003 for the last almost 2 years (its a really early version of mysql 4 anyway) but now all of a sudden mysql service stopped starting, i can go to services, press start and then refresh and its off again! i have a feeling that someone deleted the core mysql table (mysql) as it is now totally empty.

im not too good with my sql as i generally use mssql or whatever, infact mysql never really installed properly, the only user i could ever use was root but i didnt mind this so i just left it and it was fine for 2 years but now its just stopped all of a sudden and i cant get it back on.

i have enabled the mssql php exension as a backup system but i cant transfer any databases across without enabling mysql.. but it wont turn on! i tried several exes in e:mysqlin but none got it on (well one of them made the little winmysqladmin light go on for half a second)

Starting Mysql As Root User On Linux
I have created a user called mysql to administer the mysql installation.

I can run mysqld_safe as the mysql user without any problems, however, when I try to run it as the root user with --user=mysql the process does not start and the following error message appears in the error log.

040706 17:03:06  mysqld started
Fatal error: Can't change to run as user 'mysql' ;  Please check that the user exists!
040706 17:03:06  Aborting

The user does exist, does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Permissions
This is a fairly simple question but I'm new to mySQL. To log on to
mySQL I need to type at the prompt:

mysql --user='username' --password='password'

as opposed to just typing mysql and being recognized without having to
type identification. Anyone know how I can change this?

Permissions On Mac
I used MAMP to set up MySQL and Apache on my Mac and installed Drupal. Everything was working fine but I thought that I had forgotten to change the password for the 'root' user in mysql. So,with MAMP when you go to "localhost:8888 it gives you a start page where you can access mysqladmin and others. I used mysqladmin to change the root user properties but now when I try to launch the start page I get "could not connect with mysql server"

Any idea how I can get to MySQL another way and fix it without having to reinstall? My Drupal installation still works so I know MySQL is working but I can't get to the admin/start page anymore.

Also, I'm a complete newb at this stuff.. I know I can go to a terminal session on my Mac to access mysql directly but I don't know enough about it to do anything.

Permissions
I connect to my MySQL database using MyODBC.
I have a table called 'log' in a database called 'home'. When I try to
do an insert like this:
insert into log (userid,event,event_date) values (blah blah....

I get this error response from MySQL:
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 'log
(userid,event,event_d
ate) values ('nt','HomeDB Started',now())' at line 1

However, if I use :
insert into home.log (userid,event,event_date) values (blah blah....I have another table in the same database which doesn't exhibit this problem.
Is this some sort of permissions or access rights issue?

Permissions
I'm developing in Groupware (a php / template-based tool for making office-like applications). It creates mysql tables as it goes. I am not seeing those tables being created, and I'd like to determine if it's a permissions problem.
I'm in a shell on a Linux system, but I'm very unfamiliar with Linux command line.
So far, I can logon as root, use database, show tables; (this is how I know my tables aren't there.)
So, what can I do to ensure that my permissions are set up correctly? When I was setting permissions in the Linux directories, I used 'chown'.

User Doesn't Have Permissions?
I install a mysql backup utility to backup my database if things go wrong. I went to test it to make sure it would work as it emails me the sql file, I deleted my database (using phpmyadmin) and tried to import the sql file which shoots me an error giving me an error that I didn't have permission to create a database. How do I give myself permission to create a database?

Permissions Problem
I can query my MySQL database with any SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc. queries, and it works perfectly, but when I try to do a LOAD DATA INFILE query, I get a permissions problem. Any ideas why this might be?

Root Permissions
root permissions are messed up, i'm unable to create new databases with root account and i cant change permissions for the root account while logged in as root

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%';

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Custom Permissions
I need to assign different 3 different types of users, each with his own permissions and am unsure how to proceed. One of these users will require remote access to all records. I have mySQL 5 and mySQLadmin tool. Both are installed on WinXP and mySQL will be accessed through PHP's connection functions.

Can someone show me an example of setting a user with specific table and row privileges for security purposes? ie: a a user can't modify adata in x table, only read. Another user can write in rows w and x of table y only and can read all of y table but not table z.

User Permissions
Is there a special permission required for a user to be able to run a "select ... into dumpfile" statement? I'm getting a 1045 error when attempting this on my server. I've already verified that file permissions are not an issue.

User Permissions
Is there a way to query MySQL to find out what the permissions of the user currently connected
For Example:
Database: customer_contacts
User : cust1
Table: Archives
User Permissions: Read Only(SELECT).

Is there a way to ask MySQL what User cust1 can do?

Permissions Change
Running MySQL 4.0.18 (upgraded from MySQL 3.x), I can set the host for a user to "%", and can connect from localhost just fine, as well as remote locations.On another server running 4.0.21 (clean install), if I set the host to "%", I cannot connect from localhost unless I also set a "localhost" entry as well for that user.

Resolving Permissions
I have mySQL Administrator (and subsequently mySQL) installed on my iBook. I want to connect to mySQL on my Red Had Linux 9 test server with the mySQL Administrator, but I get the following error message:
Code:

Could not connect to mySQL instance at [SERVER IP ADDRESS]
Error: Host '[IBOOK IP ADDRESS]' is not allowed to connect to
this mySQL server (code 1130)

I'm sure there's an easy fix for this, but since I'm a bit new at this, I'm not sure where to look.

User Permissions
I'm kinda new to administering MySQL. I have a remote db that I want to
backup to my local MySQL server (windows). I can do a dump of the db
from phpMyAdmin on the remote server. I try running it on my local
server through the MySQL Control Center, and it says "Read Only". I
don't have to enter password for root@localhost to login to the Control
Center. I assume I don't have permissions to run DDL scripts as this
user, and I can't figure out how to change this users permissions or
create a new user with different privileges.Someone please help. I need to set this notebook up so I can work while
out of town this week.

Permissions With New Db's
I've got php script that created a database, then the tables in the database.
The user in which the script is run, doesn't have the permissions to create a 'new' db. Moreover, mysql says that because the user is trying to create a new db, and there isn't a row specifying that the use has permission, doesn't allow the user to create the db.
My solution is that I can create a row in the mysql.db table that will allow for the user to have proper permissions.
My problem is that once I insert that row, it takes another post to the page for the permission to actually take hold.
Is there a way to have the permissions take hold sooner?
Some of the things I have tried would be toRedirect the page to (with a php header call) to re-load the pageClose the mysql connection so that a new one would have to be opened

Database Permissions
My managed server is running 4.1.21-standard. We have been able to connect and read a .csv file into the tables, but can't write or append data from tables to a .csv file for import into another application even thought all permissions have been granted. Is this because File is not in the list of permissions to be granted?
Also, first user gets kicked out when second user access the MySQL Account Maintenance page. Second user does not even have to log in to cause problems.
Are these MySQL issues or cPanel issues? How can I fix them?