Description:
If your user's password contains a hash symbol '#' (and possibly other characters too... I haven't checked them all), you can login to workbench using this password, but when you run the "Run SQL Script" from the File Menu, you get an error:
Run SQL Server
Error Executing SQL Script.
Error 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Preparing...
Importing bad_password.sql...
Finished executing script
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Passwords without '#' work fine.
Tested on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10.
Workbench 8.0.19
MySQL 8.0.19
Re-opening https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=97057
It's back in the new version.
How to repeat:
1. Use a root password with a '#' - Execute:
alter user root@localhost identified by 'password#';
2. Create a simple script file called bad_password.sql containing:
drop database if exists bad_password_test;
create database bad_password_test;
3. Login to MySQL Workbench using password: password#
4. Click File -> Run SQL Script
Open file: bad_password.sql
Click Run
Enter password: password#
5. Notice Error: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
6. Use a root password without a '#' - Execute:
alter user root@localhost identified by 'password';
7. Repeat Steps 2, 3 and 4.
8. Notice script runs as expected.
Suggested fix:
Confirm and ensure that special characters (such as '#' and all others) are allowed to "Run SQL Scripts" from within MySQL Scripts.
