Re: MySQL Error# : 2002 in Dreamweaver CS3

[David Powers <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

chunkeung wrote:
> When I login into 
> PHPMyAdmin I see that the Server is "Localhost via UNIX socket" so I put that  
> into my setting in dreamweaver for the "MySQL server" but on the hosting that 
> giving me that #2002 error message their Server is "127.0.0.1 via TCP/IP" and I 
> tried to put in 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost but it still doesn't work and 
> gives me this error message.

localhost and 127.0.0.1 are the same thing. All you need is "localhost" 
or "127.0.0.1" (without the quotes). The "via UNIX socket" and "via 
TCP/IP" are simply descriptions of the type of connection. They are NOT 
part of the server address.

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