Accessing a XAMPP mysql via Python

Question

I\'m attempting to use mysql after only having worked with sqlite in the past.

I\'ve installed XAMPP on Linux (ubuntu) and have mysql up and ru

Answer 1

Have the same issue using and look for your SQL configuration file my.cnf.

# The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
[client]
#password   = your_password
port        = 3306
socket      = /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

and use socket as parameter:

mysql://read:read@localhost/phonehome?unix_socket=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

In my case:

app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'mysql://read:read@localhost/phonehome?unix_socket=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock'

Answer 2

For the record (and thanks to a pointer from Igancio), I found that the below works (terrible I didn't think of this before):

db=MySQLdb.connect(
   user="root"
  ,passwd=""
  ,db="my_db"
  ,unix_socket="/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock")

Answer 3

It means that you didn't start the MySQL server, or it's configured to not use a domain socket.