I have a local installation of MySQL on my computer. I enter the following to access MySQL from the command line: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql -h localhost -u root -p I am then prompted for a password, and I use: root This connects me to MySQL in the command line.
I now want to access MySQL databases in R. I enter the following: mysql <- dbDriver("MySQL") conn <- dbConnect(mysql,user='root',host='localhost', password='root') I get the following error message: Error in mysqlNewConnection(drv, ...) : RS-DBI driver: (Failed to connect to database: Error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) Does anyone know why these aren't equivalent? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Accessing-MySQL-Database-in-R-tp3221264p3221264.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.