[problem]
Sometimes you need to connect to mysql server with a UNIX socket, rather than a Port.
Generally this is when running multiple versions, on a box when you do not want to
or cannot connect to multiple ports.
[/problem]
[solution]
If you want to connect to the mysql server from the command line, you can use -S.
Or within Perl – append mysql_socket to the dsn
[/solution]
[example]
mysql -uUSER -pPASSWORD -S /tmp/mysql.sock
dbi:mysql:database=database_name;mysql_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
Where your socket is /tmp/mysql.sock
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[reference]
[tags]MySQL, Socket, UNIX, Perl, Perl Coding School[/tags]
[/reference]
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