thank you all for the help!
best
Murad
Dan Nelson wrote:
>
> In the last episode (Mar 14), Murad Nayal said:
> > how can I force mysql interactive client (actually the client library as
> > well) to use a TCP port on the local host
> >
> > if I do:
> >
> > mysql -h localhost -u user -p --port=2000
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> > '/tmp/mysql.sock'
>
> "localhost" is a special hostname to mysql: it tells it to use the
> local Unix socket. To talk to a local mysqld server through TCP, use
> "127.0.0.1", or any other IP address configured on the machine. It'll
> be a bit slower than using a Unix socket, though.
>
> --
> Dan Nelson
> dnelson@stripped
