Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

2018-05-29 Thread Landmesser John via Lazarus
try Zeoslib,  i use it for an Oracle Connection, but they have allso MySQL https://sourceforge.net/projects/zeoslib/ they even handle german Umlauts correct :-) Am 29.05.2018 um 05:36 schrieb Larry Dalton via Lazarus: I am running lazarus 1.8.2 on linux mnt 17.2. I am trying to access a mysql

Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

2018-05-29 Thread larrydalton71 via Lazarus
The error I am getting is simply "server connect failed." I am getting the same after I removed localhost from hostname. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus Date: 5/29/18 01:57 (GMT-05:00) To: Larry Dalton v

Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

2018-05-29 Thread larrydalton71 via Lazarus
The error I am getting is simply "server connect failed." I am getting the same after I removed localhost from hostname. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus Date: 5/29/18 01:57 (GMT-05:00) To: Larry Dalton v

Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

2018-05-29 Thread larrydalton71 via Lazarus
How does TMysql57Connection know how to connect to the server if there is no hostname defined? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus Date: 5/29/18 01:57 (GMT-05:00) To: Larry Dalton via Lazarus Cc: Michael Va

Re: [Lazarus] TMysql57Connection won't connect to localhost

2018-05-29 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus
Hello, This means the mysql_real_connect() call failed. That means mysql itself reports an error. This means your connection parameters are somehow not correct: one of hostname, port, username or password. At this point the database name is not yet used. First a connection is made, then the