Richard Kurth wrote:
>
> I have a problem with mySQL - shareware version I am trying to use it with
> PHP. When I try to connect to a database when I am connected to the Internet
> with my dial up connection everything is fine, but when I'm not connected to
> the Internet it takes ages to run and I don't get any data. I have put a
> file in the windows directory and named it hosts with 127.0.0.1
> localhost in it but this doesn't do anything to help. I am running on
> Win98. As long as I am connected to the Internet It works fine. Can anyone
> tell me what the problem is and if there is a fix for it?
Hi Richard
This is a problem with your DNS (don't mix this up with the ODBC DSN!).
It should work with the 'host' file entry:
127.0.0.1 localhost
as long as you try to connect with hostname 'localhost' (or omitting it entirely).
Have you booted after creating/changing the 'host' file?
I once had to do this, to get it to work.
Tschau
Christian
