ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; Want to configure a password as root being the user

Question

I have just downloaded WAMP. I want to configure a password for the MySQL root user using MySQL console. No password has been set previously.

The following is the in

Answer 1

While using mysql version 8.0 + , use the following syntax to update root password after starting mysql daemon with --skip-grant-tables option

UPDATE user SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('your_new_password')