From: Jan Steinman Date: November 23 2010 5:33pm Subject: Re: localhost vs domain for connection string List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/223639 Message-Id: <5B4D00D5-82C9-4122-937A-9DC1821994E6@Bytesmiths.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > From: Brent Clark >=20 > Is there a difference if someone had to make the connection string the = a domain (hosts file entry makes the machine look at its ip) as opposed = to just using localhost. > If so would a performance hit be incurred? Using 'localhost' will always be faster, although perhaps imperceptibly = so. ---------------- I look into the future because that=92s where I am going to spend the = rest of my life. -- George Burns :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::