bad and corrupt data

[Sandro Grech]

Hi Colin,
I tried both for no avail.

currently with the version 2.6.14, it is working.

install 2.6.17 and could not save again.

rolled to .14 and works again --- hence my suspicion of a bug .. . but am
not knowledgeable enough to say so

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > 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
>
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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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