my database config has changed so Magento is not able to connect anymore. The connection before worked but now it seems to need a socket config value...The relevant part in my local.xml config looks like this:\[code\]<connection> <host><![CDATA[localhost]]></host> <username><![CDATA[username]]></username> <password><![CDATA[password]]></password> <dbname><![CDATA[dbname]]></dbname> <active>1</active> <model>mysql5</model> <initStatements>SET NAMES utf8</initStatements> <type>pdo_mysql</type></connection>\[/code\]Since Magento uses PDO here's my testscript code that is able to connect:\[code\]$user = 'username';$pass = 'password';// PDO Connectiontry { /* DB CONNECTION */ $pdoMysql = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;unix_socket=/tmp/mysql5.sock;dbname=dbname', $user, $pass); } catch (PDOException $e) { print "Error!: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br/>"; die(); }\[/code\]So basically I need to add "unix_socket=/tmp/mysql5.sock;" somewhere...Thx