[Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

[Michael Van Canneyt]

Seems you are missing one. I've resent it. Sent also to your private email address.
(At least I have seen it appearing on the mailing list)

Michael.

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

> Michael, am I missing an email? The only question I found was 'what was the error message?'. Thanks, Larry
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> Date: 5/30/18  14:50  (GMT-05:00) To: larrydalton71 via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> Cc: Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> Subject: Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost 
>
> 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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