Re: using perl ot connect to a database

2007-03-15 Thread FamiLink Admin
; Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:37 AM Subject: Re: using perl ot connect to a database On 3/15/07, FamiLink Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you! I am not sure why this did it but now I get the error: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server. consider upgr

Re: using perl ot connect to a database

2007-03-15 Thread Chas Owens
On 3/15/07, FamiLink Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you! I am not sure why this did it but now I get the error: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server. consider upgrading MySQL client. I researched this and found the "old_password" needed to be "on" for thi

Re: using perl ot connect to a database

2007-03-15 Thread FamiLink Admin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Perl Beginners List" Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:35 AM Subject: Re: using perl ot connect to a database On 3/15/07, FamiLink Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to connect to a database using a small script but get this error: f

Re: using perl ot connect to a database

2007-03-15 Thread Chas Owens
On 3/15/07, FamiLink Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to connect to a database using a small script but get this error: failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' perl snip Am I doing something wrong? snip Try the following instead of

RE: using perl ot connect to a database

2007-03-14 Thread Thomas Bätzler
Hi, FamiLink Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > I am trying to connect to a database using a small script but get this > error: > > failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' perl Try mysql> show variables like 'socket'; +---+-