I am running mysql 4.1.7 on solaris 9. I want to install 2 versions (versions 4.1.7 and 5) on the server. I am reconfiguring my scripts in that perspective. I have a script that start the mysql v4 so that I finally have: 7002 pts/4 S 0:00 /bin/sh /seqweb/mysql4/bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/seqweb/mysqldata/my.cnf --port=3306 --socket=/tmp/mysql4.sock --pid-file=/seqweb/mysqldata/mysql4.pid --user=mysql --datadir=/seqweb/mysqldata
7023 pts/4 S 0:13 /seqweb/mysql-4.1.7/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/seqweb/mysqldata/my.cnf --basedir=/seqweb/mysql-4.1.7 --datadir=/seqweb/mysqldata --pid-file=/seqweb/mysqldata/mysql4.pid --port=3306 --socket=/tmp/mysql4 The problem is that I always have to give the --socket to all the clients, the port number is not enough. Ex: mercure{mysql}139: /seqweb/mysql4/bin/mysql --port 3306 ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) mercure{mysql}140: /seqweb/mysql4/bin/mysql --port 3306 --socket /tmp/mysql4.sock Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Of course I can do it but the problem is when I use client like a perl script with DBI: while (<DBLIST>) { my $db_name=$_; my $port=3306; my $hostname='localhost'; my $socket='/tmp/mysql4.sock'; chomp($db_name); my $dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$db_name;host=$hostname;port=$port"; my $dbh = DBI->connect ($dsn,$DBUSER, $DBPASS, { RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 0 }) DBI connect('database=mysql;host=localhost;port=3306','mysql',...) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) at /seqweb/mysql4/myscripts/4/check_innodb.pl line 58 Where is the problem? Is it in the way I start mysql? I really would appreciate help! Scripts are below. Thank you in advance ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- start_script: #! /bin/sh /seqweb/mysql4/bin/mysqld_safe \ --defaults-file=/seqweb/mysqldata/my.cnf \ --port=3306 \ --socket=/tmp/mysql4.sock \ --pid-file=/seqweb/mysqldata/mysql4.pid \ --user=mysql \ --datadir=/seqweb/mysqldata & /etc/my.conf mercure{mysql}143: more /etc/my.cnf [mysqldump] quick max_allowed_packet = 16M [mysql] no-auto-rehash # Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL #safe-updates [isamchk] key_buffer = 20M sort_buffer_size = 20M read_buffer = 2M write_buffer = 2M [myisamchk] key_buffer = 20M sort_buffer_size = 20M read_buffer = 2M write_buffer = 2M [mysqlhotcopy] interactive-timeout my.cnf sever side: more /seqweb/mysqldata/my.cnf [client] #password = your_password port = 3306 socket = /tmp/mysql4.sock # The MySQL server [mysqld] skip-locking key_buffer = 16M max_allowed_packet = 1M table_cache = 64 #sort_buffer_size = 512K sort_buffer_size = 4M #Modifié 17 aout 2004 JD net_buffer_length = 8K myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M log-bin = /home/mysqldisk2/4/logs/log-bin/log_bin #aout 2006 log-slow-queries=/seqdata/static/mysql/4/logs/slow-query/log-slow-queries #aout 2006 log= /seqdata/static/mysql/4/logs/general_query_log/mercure.log #aout 2006 tmpdir =/seqdata/static/mysql/4/tmp #aout 2006 thread_cache = 16 #Modifié 17 aout 2004 JD read_rnd_buffer_size=2M #Modifié 17 aout 2004 JD innodb_file_per_table log-bin # required unique id between 1 and 2^32 - 1 # defaults to 1 if master-host is not set # but will not function as a master if omitted server-id = 1 innodb_data_home_dir = /home/mysqldisk3/innodb/ innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend innodb_log_group_home_dir = /home/mysqldisk2/4/logs/innodb_logfiles/logfiles #aout 2006 innodb_log_arch_dir = /home/mysqldisk2/innodb_logfiles/log_arch_files innodb_buffer_pool_size = 500M #Modifié le 1out 2004 JD innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M innodb_log_file_size = 100M innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1 innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50 Johanne Duhaime [EMAIL PROTECTED]