mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1045, “Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)”)

Question

I\'ve started working with django, and here is the error on \'runserver\' after setting up \'DATABASES\' in settings.py

mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1         


        

Answer 1

The instruction said to add the username with the SQL statement as:

GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, LOCK TABLES ON winestores.* TO username@127.0.0.1 IDENTIFIED by 'password';

After doing this as root, I quit and tried to log back in with the new user. I got the ERROR 1045. I fixed it by logging back in as root and reissuing the SQL statement again except with username@localhost. It worked! I don't know why? Maybe it is the difference between IPs of '127.0.0.1' and 'localhost'???

as read on dev.mysql.com.