MySQL connection fails with one database and not the other

I have 2 databases on mysql. **ge** and **ge_sc001.** I can access both of these through my asp.net mvc application locally. **Web.config** Later on when i deployed my application on the web server, and tried to access them from a remote machine. I changed **server=localhost** to my machine's external-facing IP address. Now I can access only one **ge**. when i try to access the second it gives me error. > Access denied for user 'root'@'' to database 'ge_sc001' Notice there is no localhost above i.e. 'root'@'localhost' **SHOW GRANTS** 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO \'root\'@\'localhost\' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD \'*xxx\' WITH GRANT OPTION' 'GRANT PROXY ON \'\'@\'\' TO \'root\'@\'localhost\' WITH GRANT OPTION' UPDATE ------- I ran GRANT ALL ON ge_sc001.* TO 'root'@''; Now the error has change to > The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string. This is now happening on both of my schemas