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How do you permanently remove a user from the MySQL database.

Delete from MySQL.user where user="Unwanted User";

just seems to ignored.

Thanks,

Martin
Jul 17 '05 #1
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M <a1*****@ic24.n et> wrote:
How do you permanently remove a user from the MySQL database.

Delete from MySQL.user where user="Unwanted User";

just seems to ignored.


after the delete statement:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

(there are mysql NG's for this...)

steven.
Jul 17 '05 #2
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"steven" <st************ *@esat.kuleuven .remove-this.ac.be> wrote in message
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M <a1*****@ic24.n et> wrote:
How do you permanently remove a user from the MySQL database.

Delete from MySQL.user where user="Unwanted User";

just seems to ignored.


after the delete statement:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

(there are mysql NG's for this...)


I will take a look.

Got it too work,

Ta Everso,

Martin.
Jul 17 '05 #3

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