Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >On 26 Dec 2005 21:39:11 -0800, "Mondal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed >the following in comp.lang.python: > > > >>>>>c=MySQLdb.Connect(host='localhost',user='root',passwd='',db='shop',port=3306) >>>>> >>>>> > > So what is that - doing in the port number... So far as I know, >nothing reasonable lives on port 324... > > > I don't see anything with 324 in there ? What do you mean ?
> If that is supposed to be the standard MySQL port, just leave it >off... Granted, I'm not running 5.x... (and I'm behind both a router >firewall and a software firewall AND MySQL's own authorization scheme, >so the user/password won't do anyone any good at getting into my system) > > myDB = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost", > user="BestiariaCP", > #passwd="web-asst", > db="bestiaria") > > Note the lack of a port number specification. The default port for >MySQL is 3306; if your server is running on the default, you don't need >to specify it. Error 10061 is the generic Windows socket "connection >refused" -- since I doubt you have anything on port 324, that is to be >expected. > > Just to make sure, ( Not trying to be a smart ass) are you sure the database is running ? That seems like the most obvious thing. Nic -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
