On Oct 2, 2020, at 19:36, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> Assuming I do _not_ want to initialize the database, given that I want to use
> an existing (MySQL 5.7) database with the newly installed MySQL8, I loaded
> mysql8-server, then tried to connect to it:
>
> mysql
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/opt/local/var/run/mysql57/mysqld.sock' (2)
>
> Note:
>
> sudo port select --show mysql
> The currently selected version for 'mysql' is 'mysql8’.
>
> So the error from trying to execute ‘mysql’ is surprising! Here’s my
> configuration file /opt/local/etc/mysql8/my.cnf :
>
> # Use default MacPorts settings
> !include /opt/local/etc/mysql8/macports-default.cnf
>
> [mysqld]
> datadir = /Users/murray/Databases/mysql/data
> port = 3306
> socket = /opt/local/var/run/mysql8/mysqld.sock
> pid-file = /opt/local/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>
> sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES
>
> [client]
> socket = /opt/local/var/run/mysql8/mysqld.sock
>
> What’s wrong??
I'm not sure. Your questions are probably not specific to MacPorts; they're
more MySQL-specific, so you might have more luck asking in a MySQL support
venue.
What does "which mysql" say? What about "mysql --version"?
Could there be a my.cnf file in /Users/murray/Databases/mysql/data that's
overriding your settings?
