Undefined Index Error -- Pass

Posted by garry_bs on July 1, 2006 at 5:33am

I have completed Drupal test installation . After the installation I get the following error.

ERROR
Notice: Undefined index: pass in e:\program files\easyphp\www\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 37

I am unable to proceed as I am new to Drupal. I shall be grateful if someone could help resolve the problem.

Garry

Comments

I had this happen when I was setting up...

Posted by mcurry on August 5, 2006 at 2:45am

I had this happen when I was trying to use a local development database user without a password. My settings.php file had a line like this:

$db_url = 'mysql://drupal:@localhost/drupal';

and:

$db_url = 'mysql://drupal@localhost/drupal';

Both forms caused this error message.

My quick and dirty solution was to set up a password for the mysql user, and modify the $db_url line:

$db_url = 'mysql://drupal:some_password@localhost/drupal';

Fixed!

Oh, yeah, this was on a windows xp system with Instant Rails 1.3 (which includes MySql, Apache, and PHP versions.) It appears that you are using a windows system as well, from your error message above.

Michael Curry
Exodus Development - TwoGrunts.com - RubyPowered - RoadCarvin'

I had the exact same problem

Posted by Egregius on August 8, 2006 at 2:05pm

I had the exact same problem using InstantRails, and the built-in passwordless root on my local machine. Perhaps it's a good idea to add to the install instructions a line such as: "Caution: you cannot use blank passwords" in the install.mysql.txt instructions.