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I would like to use Mysql in QGIS. But when I want to create a new connection to the database (Add Vector Layer), I can't connect because QGIS is looking for 

/tmp/mysql.sock

But I'm using XAMPP for Mac OS X so the socket is in

/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/

Is there a way to change the path to the mysql socket in QGIS ?

Thank you.

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Is Qgis actually using the local socket directly? My MySQL connection dialog only has host/port/user/pass settings and so for a local DB it would go via loopback network on 'localhost'... Qgis 1.7.4, maybe local socket connections are a new thing... – Spacedman Sep 21 '12 at 10:07
@Spacedman Yes, it's using it directly, I only specified localhost and when I try to connect, It says that the socket /tmp/mysql.sock couldn't be accessed (normal, because it doesn't exist :)) – Julien Fouilhé Sep 21 '12 at 10:18

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I'm currently solving my problem using a simple:

ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

I know that's not a clean solution but it's the easier I found.

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