Mysql-native with LAMPP

[Martin Krejcirik via Digitalmars-d-learn]

> # netstat -npl | grep mysql
>
> unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     239449   
> 6293/mysqld          /opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock

Mysql defaults to unix socket, you need to add 
bind-address=127.0.0.1 to my.cnf [mysqld] section.