how to change password in mysql code example

Example 1: mysql change user password

ALTER USER 'user-name'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'NEW_USER_PASSWORD';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Example 2: mysql change user password

SET PASSWORD FOR 'user-name'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('NEW_USER_PASSWORD');FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Example 3: set password mysql

-- In case the UPDATE command returns "Column 'Password' is not updatable" run
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'newPassword';
flush privileges;

Example 4: change mysql password from command line

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'New-Password';

Example 5: enable password in mysql root user in mysql 8

1. If you in skip-grant-tables mode in mysqld_safe:

mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=null WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;

and then, in terminal:

$ mysql -u root

in mysql:
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY 'yourpasswd';


2. Not in skip-grant-tables mode just in mysql:
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY 'yourpasswd';

Example 6: how to change mysql localhost password

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'NewPassword'