Ed Carp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> The obvious solution is to force, in the client library, for my.cnf to exist,
>correctly configured, in a published place. Any other ideas on how to solve this
>problem? I've already mentioned why relinking as a dynamic binary isn't feasible.
This won't fix existing systems and installations, obviously. Our workaround is to
hard code places to look for mysql.sock:
char *where_socket[] = {
"/tmp/mysql.sock",
"/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock",
"/usr/local/lib/mysql/mysql.sock",
NULL
};
[...]
mysql_init (&mysql);
mysql_options (&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "mysqld");
if (!mysql_real_connect (&mysql, host, name, pass, db, 0, NULL, 0))
{
ptr = where_socket;
while (*ptr != (char *) NULL)
{
if (mysql_real_connect (&mysql, host, name, pass, db, 0, *ptr, 0))
break;
if (mysql_errno (&mysql) != CR_CONNECTION_ERROR)
printf ("<!-- ERROR %d connecting to database: %s -->\n",
mysql_errno (&mysql), mysql_error (&mysql));
ptr++;
}
if (*ptr == (char *) NULL)
{
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR %d connecting to database: %s\n",
mysql_errno (&mysql), mysql_error (&mysql));
return (EOF);
}
}
This is a hack because there are only so many places to look for mysql.sock and one
can't hard-code them all, so this is only a short-term solution, and certainly one I
wouldn't want to release in the engine!
--
Ed Carp, N7EKG - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 214/341-4420 - http://www.pobox.com/~erc
Squished Mosquito, Inc.
Internet Applications Development
Escapade Server-Side Scripting Language Development Team
http://www.squishedmosquito.com
Pensacola - Dallas - Dresden - London
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