MySQL DSNs

Question

Hi
Is anyone out there able to do a quick test of MySQL DSNs?
I am running CF10 beta on Win Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and trying to create DSNs to a  "MySQL 5.5.2-m2-community" DB, also installed locally.  When I do so, I get this:
Connection verification failed for data source: dsntest
com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.
The root cause was that: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.
Connecting to the same DB with the same credentials on CF8 and CF9 (and Railo, OpenBD and BD.NET) works fine.
I have ruled out firewall issues.
I'm less interested in people offering advice as to what might be the cause (Adobe are on the case, and they'll be best placed to advise there), but just interested if someone who has a comparable environment could try to set up a MySQL DSN and see if it works.
If someone can get a DSN to work on  Win Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and MySQL 5.5.2-m2-community (or similar, if not exactly the same point release), then I'd be pretty happy to just put it down to a vagary of my PC, and advise Adobe to stop looking at it.
On the other hand if someone else has the same problem, it would be handy to know.
Cheers.
Adam

Answer 1

Geoff
You may need to use MySQL Administrator to add a host from which root
can connect, if you want to be able to log in as root from workstations.
By default I believe root can only connect from localhost, ie the
server itself, and this is a security feature.
However, you can add additional hosts, including %.yourinternaldomain,
and re-assign the privileges you want root to have. I find it a bit
confusing, but root@localhost and root@somewhere_else seem to behave as
different users.
I personally leave root for just localhost access and use another user
for workstation access - a bit safer and if I stuff up the other user if
worst comes to worst I can fix it from a command line on the server.
Hope this helps
Rob
Geoff Roberts wrote:
>>>> On 6/08/2007 at 8:53 am, in message <[email protected]>,
> Christopher Premo<[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've just loaded it as well. I am running the Free NSure Audit (version
>> 2.0.2) on my File servers. Currently, I'm just tracking Netware and
>> eDirectory Logins and outs and intruder detections.
>>
>> I've tried to connect to the MySQL database via the MySQL ODBC driver,
>> but have been unsuccessful so far. However, I have been able to use the
>> MySQL Administration and Query Browser program to access the MySQL
>> database on the Master server.
>>
>> I'm in the processes of developing instruction for our unit to "export"
>> the Audit data, clear the MySQL database, and import the data into an
>> Access database for audit analysis. Unfortunately, there are some manual
>
>> steps, but the process seems to be easy and quick to accomplish.
>
> I've been able to login remotely. Finally. However NOT as root. I had to
> create another user and grant it all rights for everything. That works from
> console and remotely, root still only works from the console. I'm wondering
> if this is a 'feature'...
>
>
> Regards
>