On Jul 11, 4:31 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Octavian Rasnita) wrote: > I am trying to install DBD::mysql and I see that it tries to connect to the > server using the socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > This is because another version of MySQL was installed on the server, and I > have installed another one that uses the socket /tmp/mysql.sock. > > What should I change if I want to use the socket /tmp/mysql.sock?
I had this same problem. Surely there is an elegant and correct way to solve this problem, but I solved it by simply creating a symbolic link /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock -> /tmp/mysql.sock It's a kludge, but it worked for me. -- David Filmer (http://DavidFilmer.com) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
