Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Peter H. Coffin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: Connecting to MySQL server.... Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:08:51 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4163d0103afdb3d32fe6c98974b1e330"; logging-data="26995"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19lmFHvWKBH5vdjjw8wKzFP" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (OpenBSD) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3N7tpoePv1DkG/RSGXJfwEDLAdk= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:9004 On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:17:21 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 4/7/2013 9:09 AM, M. Strobel wrote: >> Am 07.04.2013 14:32, schrieb Jerry Stuckle: >>> >>> "localhost" DOES use a socket (Linux) or named pipe (Windows). >> >> I am talking about the difference between AF_UNIX and AF_INET, on Linux - is this new >> that "localhost" does not start an IP connection? Can't check now, don't have a test DB. >> >> /Str. >> > > No, localhost has NEVER started an IP connection in MySQL. Remember, just to keep things COMPLETELY CONFUSING, that attempting to connect to "localhost" is a socket or pipe, while attmepting to connect to "LOCALHOST", "Localhost" or "LoCaLhOsT" goes for IP connections. -- Progress (n.): The process through which Usenet has evolved from smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of smart terminals. -- obs@burnout.demon.co.uk