mysql> password("root"); ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'password("root")' at line 1 mysql> select password("root"); +------------------+ | password("root") | +------------------+ | 67457e226a1a15bd | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> select password("chen"); +------------------+ | password("chen") | +------------------+ | 309e1248634a4f61 | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)