Hey, the reason it doesnt come in to play for you in linux, is becuase mysql by default will connect through a unix socket, and not over tcpip. The unix socket is a connection thru the filesystem and not the network. Also, in linux, there is a virtual device for lopback, and the firewall i dont beleive has any effect on the loopback device. In windows however, depending on what version, mysql will connect using tcp/ip, unless told otherwise, in this case, Sam supplied localhost to his connect function, which tells mysql explicitly to use the network over a named pipe.
Jason
Windows doesn't have a loopback device? Ye Gods, what were they thinking????
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