On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 01:03 -0600, jheid wrote: > Martin Gregorie wrote: > > > > The Mysql 5.5 manual clearly says that the Windows version uses a Unix > > socket file rather than a TCP/IP port if you set the host name to > > localhost or didn't specify one. > > > > > I used mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -p <port> > -p <port> is never going to work. You need -P because -p is used to supply a password. Try: mysql --host=localhost --port=<port> --protocol=tcp My native Mysql 5.5 is listening on port 9092, so this works: mysql --host=localhost --port=9092 --protocol=tcp All three arguments must be supplied or it complains about not being able to use a pipe connection. Similarly, this works: telnet localhost 9092 and spits out gobbledegook. Ctrl-C cancels. Martin
