Ok, i patched in the latest CVS after I got up this morning and it seems to be working now. But a few comments about it. Nowhere on the pages do we actually know if it's using the socket or the TCP/IP connection method. I would suggest that we alter the main.php3, where it says: "MySQL 3.23.40robbat2-log running on localhost" to indicate if we are using the socket or the connection. in addition to that, a configuration variable along the lines of $cfgServers[1]['usesocket'] = TRUE; // use socket as opposed to TCP/IP as somebody might actually want to choose tcp/ip over sockets (or vice-versa) just my morning $0.02 i'm gonna carry on working on my webpage contracts for my textbooks, i've got one down, one to go to cover them. ($420 CDN in total) -- Robin Hugh Johnson "Robbat2" QTOD: "I used to be an idealist, but I got mugged by reality." E-Mail : robbat2@orbis-terrarum.net ICQ# : 30269588 or 41961639 Home Page : http://www.orbis-terrarum.net Time Zone : Pacific Daylight (GMT - 8) -----BEGIN GEEK CODE----- geekcode.com ebb.org/ungeek GCS/M/IT d-(+) s+:- a--- C++++ U++++ L++++ P--(+) W++ K++ PS+ N++ w--- O E---- M-(+) V-- Y++ PE++ PGP++ t-- 5 X+ R tv- b+++ D++ G++ e(*) h! r-- !y+ ------END GEEK CODE------ -----PGP INFO-{--- Key ID:0x7E20DFA1 FingerPrint: 5447C73A 30FB144C 89521B69 2D6A615E 7E20DFA1 ---}-PGP INFO-----