Code review comment for lp://qastaging/~kalebral-deactivatedaccount/drizzle-automation/mysql-sysbench-fixes

> We were seeing errors about the client trying to connect via the socket file
> (grrr) before we started this patch.
> Is this a case of needing to use --host=127.0.0.1 vs. localhost (something I
> ran into with MySQLDB)?

yup.

> Anyway, thanks for helping to shed some light here - we might not need to /
> would prefer not to deal with the socket stuff, but my MySQL knowledge
> wasn't working for me yesterday : )

np :) Yeah, you can use --socket, but like I say, you'll be comparing apples to oranges. Better to just put host=127.0.0.1 in the config files (and remember to use --host=127.0.0.1 for the client commands too.

-jay