I don't use DBI, but when I connect via 'localhost', the client does not
use an IP
port, but rather uses the MySQL socket file. You must be sure to have
the
second instance of your MySQL server come up with its own socket file,
and
connect to that socket instead of the default one.
The other sol
Adam Rubin wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have TWO copies of mysql running on one box. Not just two ports, but
> two completely different distributions. The first copy is running on the
> default port. The second copy is running on port 3400.
>
> I'm trying to use DBI to connect to the second copy
