I found this while poking around. Since you need to "replciate" the new password functionality on a mySQL box that is using the olde password function, you'll have to roll your own password hashing routine. "PASSWORD() is just a double SHA-1 hash" "in both PHP and MySQL native there are direct SH1() functions" http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/encryption-functions.html http://us3.php.net/sha1 Hope this helps.