> localhost means socket. Hmm, I don't believe it does. localhost is a DNS shortcut to the IP address of the local machine.
If that is how mysql wants to treat things, then it should issue an error message on connect because --host=localhost and --port=anything would then be mutually exclusive. Thanks. Regards, Rich -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]