RES: How to use mysql.

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Just for reference, and to resolve the issue for the curious.

"127.0.0.1" IS "localhost". "localhost" is just an alias for it. "127.0.0.1" is 
also known as a 'loopback address'. The loopback concept means that something 
can be seen as a not-immediately-local object over a network, where the network 
facilities are part of the access chain. As used here, it's a way to standardize 
a reference, instead of worrying over having to code up things to deal with 
truly 'local' objects *and* not-local ones.

Why it would be necessary to use the formal notation instead of the alias will 
remain a mystery.

jhc


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On 1/30/2012 4:10 PM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote:

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    . . . It works fine using "127.0.0.1", but I feel other users may have come
    across the same scenario without finding how to get past the issue.

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    I read somewhere on the internet that using "127.0.0.1" insted of
    "localhost" works.
    I tried it, and it did. I have NO IDEA why localhost doesn't work. My hosts
    file is as it should be, and usually connecting using "localhost"
    instead of "127.0.0.1" works fine for other applications.

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