Question

I have python 2.7 installed.
I have wamp running.
I have MySQL running on 10127 port.
I have root set up with no password
i have (unrelated) php code running that connects fine with the call
mysql_connect(‘localhost:10127’, ‘root’, ”);

when i try from the command line:

mysql -u 'root' -p '' -h 'localhost:10127'

i get the error

Unknown MySQL server host ‘localhost:10127’

Similarly, when i make the call

   import MySQLdb as mdb
    import sys
    con = mdb.connect('localhost:10127', 'root','', 'dbname')

i get the error

Unknown MySQL server host ‘localhost:10127’ (11004)”

Does anyone know why-oh-why?

Answer 1

The CLI expects:

mysql -u root -h localhost --port 10127