Hi afshin localhost is kind of pointer to 127.0.0.1, maybe in /etc/hosts or other thing you overwrite it. so 127.0.0.1 is source and always work.
2012/10/4 Afshin Mehrabani <afshin....@gmail.com> > Hey Kevin, > > Thanks for your correct reply, I had this problem also but after changing > host from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1" problem solved, But why? what's the > different between 'localhost' and '127.0.0.1'? > > On Wednesday, February 4, 2009 9:15:32 PM UTC+3:30, Kevin Audleman wrote: >> >> I found the solution in the archives: I changed DATABASE_HOST to >> 127.0.0.1 from '' >> >> Kevin >> >> On Feb 4, 9:41 am, Kevin Audleman <kevin.audle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello everyone, >> > >> > I am running through the tutorial and setting up my first django >> > project. Quite exciting! However I have run into trouble connecting to >> > MySQL. My settings.py file looks like this: >> > >> > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql' # 'postgresql_psycopg2', >> > 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'. >> > DATABASE_NAME = 'test' # Or path to database file if using >> > sqlite3. >> > DATABASE_USER = 'root' # Not used with sqlite3. >> > DATABASE_PASSWORD = '' # Not used with sqlite3. >> > DATABASE_HOST = '' # Set to empty string for localhost. >> > Not used with sqlite3. >> > DATABASE_PORT = '' # Set to empty string for default. Not >> > used with sqlite3. >> > >> > Yes, the username is 'root' and there is no password. This is on my >> > local machine (OS X 10.5) so it doesn't matter. >> > >> > When I run... >> > >> > $ python manage.py syncdb >> > >> > I get the following... >> > >> > Traceback (most recent call last): >> > File "manage.py", line 11, in <module> >> > execute_manager(settings) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/core/**management/ >> > __init__.py", line 340, in execute_manager >> > utility.execute() >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/core/**management/ >> > __init__.py", line 295, in execute >> > self.fetch_command(subcommand)**.run_from_argv(self.argv) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/core/**management/ >> > base.py", line 192, in run_from_argv >> > self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/core/**management/ >> > base.py", line 218, in execute >> > self.validate() >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/core/**management/ >> > base.py", line 246, in validate >> > num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/core/**management/ >> > validation.py", line 65, in get_validation_errors >> > connection.validation.**validate_field(e, opts, f) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/db/backends/**mysql/ >> >> > validation.py", line 8, in validate_field >> > db_version = connection.get_server_version(**) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/db/backends/**mysql/ >> >> > base.py", line 277, in get_server_version >> > self.cursor() >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/db/backends/ >> > __init__.py", line 56, in cursor >> > cursor = self._cursor(settings) >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/django/db/backends/**mysql/ >> >> > base.py", line 262, in _cursor >> > self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs) >> > File "/Users/audleman/django_**projects/pollster/__init__.py"**, >> line >> > 74, in Connect >> > >> > File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-**packages/MySQL_python-1.2.2-**py2.5- >> >> > macosx-10.5-i386.egg/MySQLdb/**connections.py", line 170, in __init__ >> > _mysql_exceptions.**OperationalError: (2002, "Can't connect to local >> > MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)") >> > >> > I'm not exactly sure what this socket is or why django can't find it. >> > One thought is that I installed LAMP on my machine using XAMPP, which >> > puts everything in the /Applications/xampp directory. Poking around, I >> > managed to find a mysql.sock file here: >> > >> > /Applications/xampp/**xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.**sock >> > >> > Assuming this is the correct socket, how do I tell django where to >> > find it? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Kevin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/0dD75LGNe6UJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > با تشکر > افاضاتی > http://www.efazati.org > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
