From: "John Doe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You may have a too old version of mysql / DBD::mysql, but it's just a guess > since you didn't provide version information. >
I am using MySQL 5.0.16-standard and the latest DBD::mysql (3.0002). > Otherwise, you may have noticed the following sentence in the manual of > DBD::mysql you *certainly* read as an active member of this list: > > " > CLASS METHODS > ... > mysql_socket > As of MySQL 3.21.15, it is possible to choose the Unix socket > that is used for connecting to the server. This is done, > for example, with > > mysql_socket=/dev/mysql > ... > " > Yes I have seen it in the POD documentation but how can I use it to install DBD::mysql? If it is necessary to manually modify some test programs from the DBD::mysql tarball, I prefer changing the location of MySQL socket than doing that. I was hoping there is a command line parameter that can specify the socket location used for testing... Teddy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
