Mysql: resetting the root password

Hello all!
Going on Day 4 here and definitely at the end of the rope!
When trying to connect to my databases (which 2 months ago
worked fine)
I received the following error by DW "An unidentified error
has
occured". After numerous hours troubleshooting, I have come
to the
conclusion the passwords in Mysql must have got damaged.
--tried to clear the passwords in Mysql by Mysql A.4.1
Reference Manual
instructions of making a new word file with the text:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('');
and then went to the bin directory of Mysql and typed:
mysqld-nt --init-file=c:\mysql-init.txt (name of file)
Of course Nothing happened concerning the "unidentified
error" after
re-starting Mysql.
Does anyone know another way to reset the passwords?
And do you know why they would become damaged for no reason?
The Mysql,
php, phpMyAdmin, Dw intergration just seems so delicate and
fragile--it
seems some clitch comes along after say 10 hours of work
everytime.
This is not the *first* crash I have had with this set up.
Why would
passwords work one day and not the next--it's not like I'm
racing my
computer on Friday nights!
Many thanks,
Star2

To David Powers:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. Sorry it took so long for me
to
reply...I started looking at the documentation and lost track
of time
and then had to go to work.
The versions I'm using are: Mysql version is 4.1.1 and PHP is
5.0.
So let me see if I have this straight:
--since I'm using a version of Mysql that is higher than 4.1,
I need to
download the MySQLI extension
Should I upgrade the MySQL to 5.0 first? I was thinking about
upgrading
to DW8. Would it be better to upgrade to MySQL 5.0 with DW8?
I want to just download the MySQLI extension, connections
work again,
and then upgrade to DW8 and then that's it-no problem. That
is probably
wishful thinking!!
Again, thank you so much! This is not the first time you have
talked me
down from the "Day 4 Ledge"...I definitely would have quit
this long ago
with this group's help and your help.
Many thanks,
Star2
P.S. I'll try to post the MySQLI downloading result here if I
can...if I
don't beat my computer to death in a "computer rage" first.
> Star2 wrote:
>
>> I received the following error by DW "An
unidentified error has
>> occured". After numerous hours troubleshooting, I
have come to the
>> conclusion the passwords in Mysql must have got
damaged.
>
>
> The problem is almost certainly to do with the versions
of MySQL and
> PHP. Since MySQL 4.1, you either need to use the MySQLI
extension to
> connect to MySQL, or you need to set the password using
OLD_PASSWORD().
>
>
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html
>
>> Does anyone know another way to reset the passwords?
>
>
>
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html
>
>> And do you know why they would become damaged for no
reason? The
>> Mysql, php, phpMyAdmin, Dw intergration just seems
so delicate and
>> fragile--it seems some clitch comes along after say
10 hours of work
>> everytime.
>
>
> I've been running PHP, MySQL and DW daily for several
years now. If
> correctly set up, they work in perfect harmony.
>

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