Error 1054 (42s22) unknown column ‘password’ in ‘field list’ is reported after execution
The reason for the error is: There is no password field in the MySQL database in version 5.7, and the password field is changed to authentication_string
>mysql -u root -p Enter password: ******** Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 12 Server version: 5.7.18-log MySQL Community Server (GPL) Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> use mysql; Database changed mysql> select User from user; #This is the query user command +-----------+ | User | +-----------+ | ******* | | mysql.sys | | root | +-----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> update user set password=password("*******") where user="*******"; #Change password error ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column 'password' in 'field list' mysql> update mysql.user set authentication_string=password('*******') where user='*******'; #Change password error Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 1 mysql> flush privileges; #Effective immediately Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> quit Bye n>mysql -u ******* -p #Login with this user was successful. Enter password: ******** ………………………… mysql>