MySQLdb in Python: “Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'”

Question

I have installed MySQLdb for Python and I am able to import MySQLdb. Now I try to connect to the MySQL Community Server on my local machine, using this code:

Answer 1

If you are using windows you should specify the IP to "127.0.0.1", using "localhost" will give you that error 2003. On Ubuntu I had no problem.