how to overcome ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO) permanently

Question

when am trying to open mysql in windows cmd by typing mysql. the following error is occuring.

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ODBC@localhost (usin         


        

Answer 1

for some reason, the ODBC user is the default username under windows even if you didn't create that user at setup time. simply typing

mysql

without specifying a username will attempt to connect with the non-existent ODBC username, and give:

Error 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Instead, try specifying a username that you know, for example:

mysql -u root -p

where -u root specified the username root and -p will make the command prompt for a password.