On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And a very OT question related to this. Whenever one connects to mysql > via localhost, mysql will use the local socket rather than connecting > via tcp. This obviously fubar's when one has got localhost connected to > an ssh tunnel. Anyway around this? There's a mysql option > 'protocol=tcp', but it doesn't appear to work. There's an angst filled > bug post about it here: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=31577 Another of those nitty-gritty details that gives me "php deja-vu" when I deal with MySQL - it treats the string "localhost" specially to use the unix-domain socket (which is probably faster, what with all the tcp/ip layers being left out of the equation). Using "127.0.0.1" explicitly instead of "localhost" overcomes this. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
