My development PC is running Win7 64-bit with an existing MySQL 5.5 64-bit hosting several databases.
I downloaded WebMatrix 3 to try as I read very good things about it. But when following the tutorial at http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/your-first-website-using-webmatrix and at step 4, after choosing WordPress, it detected MySQL but fails when I give it the root password. The error message is simply "password for user account 'root' is not valid, or failed to connect to the database server."
I have searched the web forums but to no avail: all the resolution seems to point to a mis-typed/forgotten root password or a problematic MySQL installation.
(and yes, I have read Simon Tan's posts/references too)
In my case, I am very sure my root password is correct because I double checked it via mysql command line and the mysql database is being used daily (by several C# programs I wrote). So the standard solution of uninstall/reinstall would not work for me.
Is there anyway to get debug logs from WebMatrix to delve deeper into this problem? Or can someone point me to a solution?