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Asked: 2026-06-01T20:51:58+00:00

When connecting to a mysqldatabase, oftentimes you’ll use –host=somehost. When creating a database locally

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When connecting to a mysqldatabase, oftentimes you’ll use –host=somehost. When creating a database locally using mySQL’s Windows installer, how do you specify that? Is it possible?

I want to clarify that I want to be able to customize it – so, for instance, I want it to be something like “CUSTOMNAME-HOST” and not just “localhost”

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    This is possible by changing hosts file from your operating system.

    If you are using windows operating system then
    Open your OS installation Directory then:Windows>System32>drivers>etc

    Then open your hosts file and change it to 127.0.0.1 localhost to

    127.0.0.1        CUSTOMNAME-HOST

    Save it.

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