I am not sure where to report this issue...can someone give me a hint. You can see the folks at the report a bug center directed me back to the discussion forum.
> Using php to connect to a database. Created database in mysql
> granted all privileges to user@localhost id'd by 'password'
>
> ran this script >  * Replace 
 with the server's address (usually "localhost").
>  * Replace  with the database access username.
>  * Replace  with the database access password.
>  * Replace  with the name of the database. */
>
>   mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "password") or
>   die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("database>") or
>   die(mysql_error()); ?>
>
> Returns this error Access denied for user: 'user@localhost' to
> database 'database>'
I'm sorry, but we cannot offer support for the unsupported release. I
suggest that you ask your questions on the e-smith forums. 
Regards,
Mike