Wheel of protocol, turn turn turn.
Tell us the lesson that we should learn. (with apologies to
the original source)
Writing a book comes with many challenges. For me, writing a MySQL book for MySQL beginners, who may or may not be database beginners, has fed my compulsion to research and test bizarre interactions.
Today’s lesson is on what protocol is used when connecting to a
local mysqld instance on a non-Windows machine. The
TCP/IP protocol is used by default when connecting on a Windows
machine, and connecting from any operating system to a non-local
mysqld instance. I am assuming the connections are
being made by a command line client such as mysql,
mysqladmin or mysqldump. Connections
made via …