> I'm trying to develop a web application using JDeveloper/MySql... > My 'try-out' servlet ends here: > conn = > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/eyes?user=me&password= > pwd"); > saying > "Access denied for user 'me'@'localhost.localdomain' (using password: > YES) 11045 228000" > user me has been granted 'all' and the database eyes is accessible via > the commandline. Dan, it looks like the authentication might fail because of a bad hostname definition. How have you defined the host information for the MySQL-user "me"? Try to use the local loopback IP (127.0.0.1) instead of any hostname in the user-table. -m- -- http://www.markusvirtanen.com/