On 12/16/2010 3:42 AM, Tim Thorburn wrote:
> I should mention this is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. After rebooting I
> installed MySQL 5.5.8 for Win64 using the downloaded MSI file. Once
> MySQL was installed, I downloaded and installed the current version of
> Workbench (5.2.31a). When I run Workbench, I see that the MySQL
> server is indeed running - I'll also mention that this is my first
> time using Workbench, until now I had been using the older MySQL
> Administrator GUI, however it stopped working with 5.5.8. So, back in
> Workbench, I goto Manage Security under the Server Administration
> heading, choosing the default Local instance: MySQL server to connect
> to. Next I click Accounts and finally Add Account at the bottom of
> this screen. Under Details for Account newuser@% I add in the user
> name I want, type the password twice, I've tried leaving Limit
> Connectivity to Hosts Matching as % and localhost.
>
> Once I'm finished adding the user, I click Apply - however I'm
> presented with the following error message:
>
> /Unhandled exception: Error adding account accountName@%:/
>
> I've tried adding a user in MySQL Administrator, as I am more familiar
> with it. It provides a different error:
>
> /Error while storing the user information. The user might have been
> deleted. Please refersh the user list./
>
> A command prompt pop-up appears with this error stating the following:
>
> /** Message: save user: error adding new user entry
To add, I was able to successfully add a user to MySQL 5.5.8 with
phpMyAdmin - would this point to a bug in the GUI tools?
Thanks again
