Access denied to mysql

[fredpickwick]

On page 22 of your Mysql book I typed in the instruction
mysql -u root mysql
The response was
ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@127.0.0.1' (using password:
NO)

Any advice on this would be appeciated.

[GeekSupport]

some suggestions

leave out the database (mysql -uroot)
make mysql ask for the password (mysql -uroot -p) but just hit enter when prompted
use mysql front to connect. (Windows GUI)