bad and corrupt data

[Colin Law]

On 1 September 2017 at 12:09, Sandro Grech <sandro.c.grech at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) Yes on purpose
> 2) Yes, MySQL is installed and is accessible from other software
> 3) tried both for no avail
> 4) Yes - used Workbench to access other data
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> What worries me is that, as another attempt, i Installed an older version,
> 2.6.14 and it worked. Can it be a bug in 2.6.17?

Are you able to open the old GC db that was created by 2.6.14?

Try deleting the old gnucash database (using the Workbench or
similar).  That assumes that you do not need the data in it of course.
Alternatively try giving the db a different name in the Save dialog.

Colin

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> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 31 August 2017 at 17:08, Sandro Grech <sandro.c.grech at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear All,
>> > I’ve been trying to save data on server. But the below error is cropping
>> > up.
>> > I am positive that privileges are correctly set.
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>> 1. Are you saving to a mysql database on purpose?
>> 2. If so, have you got a mysql server running on the pc?
>> 3. Are you specifying 127.0.0.1 in the save dialog, or localhost?
>> 4. Have you tried connecting to the database using the mysql command
>> line to check that the user (root) and password that you are putting
>> in the dialog are correct?
>>
>> Colin
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