Question

I need my application to connect to my web server’s MySQL database, what is the best option for this. Perfered Data aware Component.

I tried zeos 7, but I keep getting the error: SQL error: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client and have not been able to fix it.

Thanks

-Brad

Answer 1

@Brad the ZEOS components are an excellent alternative for connect to MySQL, you have that error because you are using an older version of MySQL client. MySql 4.1 introduces a new password hashing algorithm, for fix this issue you have 2 options.

1) Change your MySQL client to use a 4.1.1 or newer client library.

2) use the the OLD_PASSWORD function

you must run this script in your mysql server.

SET PASSWORD FOR 'user' = OLD_PASSWORD('password');
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

check this link for more info

Password Hashing in MySQL