MySQL is picky about the connection string. Use the administrative tools to find out what it expects and/or reset the system to want what you are providing.

Last week I set up Zope/MySQL, and I was able to connect to a MySQL database using ZMySQLDA. After I restarted my server, Zope & mysqld, I could no longer connect.

First, I tried to reconnect to the database (a connection was in place, I just hit the "connect" button), but I got an error message. So I deleted that database connection altogether and tried to create a new one, but I can't.

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