Having trouble getting to connect to anything but localhost... mysql_real_connect( dbh_ptr, "server.domain.org", "user", "password", "database", 0, NULL, 0 ); No matter what we put for the server name, it just tries to connect through the local socket. We're on 3.23.28g solaris 2.7. I'm fairly mystified by this one cuz we couldn't find anything in the faqs and we can't be the first ones to experience the problem. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php