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Posted by Michael Bardwell-Scott
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Michael Bardwell-Scott
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 6,653 Points

MySQL Issues

I am trying to create a database in Ruby with the 

rake db:create

and I am getting back the error

Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)Please provide the root password for your mysql installation

And I don't ever recall setting a password for it. I'm very lost and could use some direction.

Thanks in advance!

2 Answers

James Gill
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James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Michael,

Try the password "root".

Ben Falk
Ben Falk
3,167 Points
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
3,167 Points

How did you install MySQL? For example, if you're running on a Mac and you are using MAMP, the password is set automatically to "root".