socket = C:/temp/mysql.sock enable-named-pipe skip-networking #### my $dsn = 'DBI:mysql:mydb;mysql_socket=/temp/mysql.sock'; my $db_user_name = 'user'; my $db_password = 'password'; my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $db_user_name, $db_password); #### DBI connect('mydbmysql_socket=/temp/mysql.sock','user',...) failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) at myscript.pl line 60