[Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

[Michael Van Canneyt]

Please take a look at my reply for questions that need to be answered before
we can further help you.

Michael.

On Wed, 30 May 2018, larrydalton71 via Lazarus wrote:

> So what settings do I need to use?
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: wkitty42--- via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> Date: 5/30/18  12:59  (GMT-05:00) To: lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org Cc: wkitty42 at windstream.net Subject: Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost 
> On 05/29/2018 10:52 PM, larrydalton71 via Lazarus wrote:
>> How does TMysql57Connection know how to connect to the server if there is no 
>> hostname defined?
>
>
> because if there's no host name it will try using a unix socket defined for the 
> server... that /is/ local but not localhost and not using tcp/ip networking 
> protocols... it is another way to connect to a server running on the same machine...
>
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