Although to be fair, you don't have to actually specify a database when connecting. When I tested this with both the mysql and mariadb command-line clients, they were able to connect when not ...

Sharding-Proxy only support TCP/IP communication for now. MySQL client treat 'localhost' via UNIX Domain Socket while treat '127.0.0.1' via TCP/IP. This explains why you can't use localhost to connect ...

MySQL is an open source Database Management system based on the “SQL” language. MySQL comes bundled with the XAMPP Control Panel which is also an open source and free to use application. However, ...