Python Anywhere access denied to MySQL database

Question

I started to use Python Anywhere today. I created the database MySQL following the instructions. The problem is I can't do a simple manage.py syncdb because I get access denied error for my user 'irgmedeiros' in my mysql database. I can't grant privileges to my user neither create another user with privileges. How to solve it? Couldn't find solution in their forum and I'm waiting a answer from email. Anybody experienced this before?

Answer 1

Some possible troubleshooting steps:

• check the server address - mysql.server
• double-check the password - is it the same as the one you configured on the pythonanywhere MySQL config screens
• double-check the database name - this follows the format username$database_name
• check if you can open a normal mysql console, firstly from the MySQL tab, and then manually in a bash shell with

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mysql -u my_username -h mysql.server -p

[edit] - the final solution was:

* double-check the database name - this follows the format username$database_name

don't forget that username$ folks!