On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 08:41:23AM +1200, Frank wrote: > Dear all, > > is it a desired feature that the embedded version of the client library > still tries to create a network connection when I pass a hostname into > connect?
Yes, the embedded version also acts as a standard MySQL client. > Is it possible to influence this behaviour, so that the API just ignores > settings like the hostname and the port and always connects to the embedded > server? You can call mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_USE_EMBEDDED_CONNECTION, 0) after calling mysql_init() and before calling mysql_real_connect(). http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-options.html Jim Winstead MySQL Inc. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
