MySQLdb connection problems

Question

I\'m having trouble with the MySQLdb module.

db = MySQLdb.connect(
    host = \'localhost\', 
    user = \'root\', 
    passwd = \'\', 
    db = \'testdb\',          


        

Answer 1

As far as I can tell, the python connector can ONLY connect to mysql through a internet socket: unix sockets (the default for the command line client) is not supported.

In the CLI client, when you say "-h localhost", it actually interprets localhost as "Oh, localhost? I'll just connect to the unix socket instead", rather than the internet localhost socket.

Ie, the mysql CLI client is doing something magical, and the Python connector is doing something "consistent, but restrictive".

Choose your poison. (Pun not intended ;) )