mysql-error-2003

I'm trying to connect to MySQL on localhost using PyMySQL: import pymysql conn = pymysql.connect(db='base', user='root', passwd='pwd', host='localhost') but (both on Python 2.7 and Python 3.2) I get the error: socket.error: [Errno 111] Connection refused pymysql.err.OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (111)") I'm sure mysqld is running because I can connect using mysql command or phpMyAdmin. Moreover, I can connect using MySQLdb on Python 2 with nearly the same code: import MySQLdb conn = MySQLdb.connect(db='base', user='root', passwd='pwd', host='localhost')

I have a MySQL instance running on a Debian server and I can connect to it locally with no problems. However, I am unable to connect to it remotely. When I try this from my command line I get the following error: ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on '<server-ip>' (110) I've added the user to mysql as 'user'@'*' and 'user'@'localhost'. skip-networking in this server is set to false and the bind-address is commented out in my.cnf. I've also attempted to open port 3306 in iptables using the following command: /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --destination-port 3306 -j ACCEPT

I have a server with Rackspace. I want to access the database from my local machine command line. I tried like: mysql -u username -h my.application.com -ppassword But it gives an error: ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'my.application.com' (10061) What causes this error and how can I connect to the remote database? Venkat M To directly login to a remote mysql console, use the below command: mysql -u {username} -p'{password}' \ -h {remote server ip or name} -P {port} \ -D {DB name} It will take you to the mysql console directly by switching to the mentioned database. 31-07