CREATE USER 'monty'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'monty'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/adding-users.html
I often forget this, so....
MySQL autoincrement == IDENTITY(1,1) as in
id int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
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