ERROR: Unable to connect SQL server !

[motokochan]

(12-01-2009 05:45 PM)joximu Wrote:  hm, either -skip-networking or bind-address=127.0.0.1 do IMHO the same...

They actually are different. Giving --skip-networking (just skip-networking in my.cnf) has MySQL not use any IP address. It only opens a local socket. Using bind-address does cause MySQL to listen on a port on a specific IP.

(12-01-2009 05:45 PM)joximu Wrote:  mysql must listen on localhost - the external IP is not a must.

Indeed, having it only bind to localhost is fine and will work fine. However, skip-networking will not work. The first step in debugging this issue is making sure MySQL is listening on a port.