Re: Speed of MySQL connections - Socket vs. Non-Socket

On 17-Apr-01 Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach Don Read am Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 05:13:14PM -0500: >> define('DBHOST', 'localhost'); >> // define('DBHOST', 'myhost.domain.com'); >> <snip> >> 'myhost.domain.com' would be your network hostname for the box, either in >> /etc/hosts or from your DNS server. >> >> test the numbers using the 'localhost' (the AF_UNIX socket). >> comment/uncoment the 'myhost' line & re-test (AF_INET connect). > > the first define, defines a connect using a AF_UNIX socket? Are you sure? I have with 3.0.18 installed (to match customers), 'localhost' will use the /tmp/mysql.sock. This may have changed under 4.x. > According to the manual, I'd have thought, that I'd need to do: > > define('DBHOST', 'localhost:/tmp/mysql.sock' ); > try it, YMMV. Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.