Question

Is it possible to connect from ruby/ActiveRecord to a mysql database over named pipes.
OS is Windows.

Thanks.

Answer 1

after a few tries and looking at my .net connect calls i finally got it working.

I am using activerecord in a standalone script.

Here the call that works:

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
    :adapter => "mysql",
    :host => ".",
    :username => "root", 
    :password => "root", 
    :database => "test",
    :socket => "mysql_test")

Please note that by default the configuration tool that comes with mysql server configures a socket called “mysql”. I have changed that to mysql_test to verify that indeed i am going over the named pipe.

Cheers.