Database error 1044 - a different twist

[Warren_L]

Hi All, I don't know if anyone has experienced this problem before - at least in this manner.

I've been reading about error 1044 and it is generally a problem with the config.php not containing the proper user and password information to log onto the database. However, this problem suddenly started happening yesterday and I have done nothing to the forum software. This is the error:

Database error in vBulletin :

Cannot use database vbulletin_mydb_com

MySQL Error : Access denied for user: 'myuser@%' to database 'vbulletin_mydb_com' Error Number : 1044
Date : Thursday, December 13th 2007 @ 07:14:57 PM
Script : http://www.mydb.com
Referrer :
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vB_Database

Using the host's database front end, I am able to log onto the database with the proper username and password. config.php contains the proper username and password. However, the error message generated and emailed to me shows the proper username with "@%" appended to it, as shown above. Obviously, somehow the improper username is being passed to the mysql server.

Any ideas why this is happening? config.php contains the proper password and the username (without the "@%").

[Marco van Herwaarden]

What is the Mysql servername set to in your config.php?