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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/11/19 6:16 PM, Stephen J. Butler
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<div dir="ltr">You can also use "mysql_read_default_file" in the
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Thanks Stephen,<br>
That works, and explains why my changes to the config files on my
system did not affect the way DBD::mysql looked for the socket.<br>
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Carl.<br>
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