# Mysql username isn't sent

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-username-isnt-sent/181054>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 4, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-username-isnt-sent/181054 "2010-01-04T17:25:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Tass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tass)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-username-isnt-sent/181054/1 "2010-01-04T17:25:32Z")

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database.yml: [http://pastie.org/766054](http://pastie.org/766054)

> > ActiveRecord::Base.connection\_pool.spec  
> > =\> #\<ActiveRecord::Base::ConnectionSpecification:0x7fd5f25aa238  
> > @config=  
> > {:password=\>nil, :username=\>“developer”, :database=\>“foobar”,  
> > :adapter=\>“mysql”, :encoding=\>“utf8”, :host=\>“localhost”},  
> > @adapter\_method=“mysql\_connection”\>

error: Access denied for user ‘’@‘localhost’ to database  
‘foobar’ (Mysql::Error)

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**Author:** ![Tass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Tass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tass)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-username-isnt-sent/181054/2 "2010-01-05T17:53:36Z")

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On Jan 4, 4:37Â pm, Tass [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> […]  
> Looks like the Mysql::Error is a bit confusing - it’s actually a  
> authorisation problem on the mysql side 🙂