Have you checked the /etc/hosts for localhost? I believe redhat is switching from "localhost localhost.localdomain" to "localhost.localdomain localhost". If this is wrong mysql won't start... /Bjorn -----Original Message----- From: Jason Dixon [mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: den 8 december 2003 21:52 To: Red Hat Mailing List Subject: RE: MySQL problem On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 14:21, L. Christopher Luther wrote: > Sorry, I guess I read the original post too quickly. I'd thought that > the both the application and MySQL server were on the same machine. > If not, then my bad... :{ It still doesn't matter. The mysql-client package consists of a command-line utility to connect to and query a MySQL database. However, most (if not all modern) programming languages have bindings that can connect to a MySQL (or Postgres or Oracle or DB2, etc...) database. Examples include: php-mysql, perl-DBD-MySQL (using the perl-DBI interface), etc. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list