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Date:	Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:06:26 +0200
From:	Stipe Tolj <tolj AT wapme-systems DOT de>
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To:	Michael Hoffman <grouse AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Mysql
References:	<Pine DOT A41 DOT 4 DOT 21 DOT 0109291419191 DOT 46506-100000 AT ginger DOT cc DOT utexas DOT edu>

> > > A caveat: MySQL for Windows uses named pipes to talk to local clients,
> > > whereas the MySQL library you compile will want to use UNIX sockets. I
> > > found the easiest way to get them talking was to always use a host of
> > > 127.0.0.1, forcing INET sockets. Under perl DBI, if you use "localhost,"
> > > somebody decides to be smart and use UNIX sockets anyway.
> > >
> > > An additional caveat: There is probably a better way to do the above.
> > > Stipe?
> >
> > precompiled libraries of mysqlclient-3.x are available at
> > http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/
> 
> That is useful information. What I meant to ask is if there is a
> better way to get libmysql to talk to a local MySQL for Windows
> server?

you'll obviously have to use TCP for connecting cygwin based clients
to MySQL for Windows. 

AFAIK, there is no other/better way?!

Stipe

tolj AT wapme-systems DOT de
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