That "Documentation" is for an older version, as the database schema changed for 1.4. Try the ready-made page Special:Makesysop.
-- Zigger
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:39:17 -0800, Jeff Blain wrote:
... I have a fresh install of wikimedia and having issues with giving sysop rights to users.
Following the Documentation, I recieve errors when trying to run the following command.
mysql> update user set user_rights='sysop' where user_name='jblain'; ERROR 1054: Unknown column 'user_rights' in 'field list' ...