I am using MySQL++ 2.x and have no problems using a non-default port. I
have exercised that pretty well with no problems.
Will
On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 19:13 -0700, Warren Young wrote:
> António Santos wrote:
> >
> > I've been using Connection::connect() to connect to my MySQL 4.1 server
> > but I wanted it to use a different port than the default 3306. However,
> > even if I change the port parameter, mysql++ continues to use the
> > default 3306!!
>
> MySQL++ 2.3.2 passes that value directly to the C API, so any problem is
> likely in the way you call the function, not in MySQL++. Please post
> your connect() call code.
>
> Connecting on an alternate port has been tested in v3 and is known to
> work correctly. Although upgrading to v3 shouldn't be necessary (v2
> should also work), it may be worthwhile anyway. Since you want to use a
> port number to connect to MySQL++, the new, simpler TCPConnection
> interface might be interesting to you:
>
> http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/test/doc/refman/classmysqlpp_1_1TCPConnection.html
>
> The simpler interface prevents some incorrect calling possibilities,
> which is what I suspect you're running into with v2.
>
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