[Typo3-dev] Using multiple instances of MySQL

[Mathias Schreiber [wmdb>]]

dan frost wrote:
> does anyone know how to use multiple instances of MySQL?
> 
> i've got mysql3 running on port 3306 (default) and mysql4 on 3307.
> 
> When i connect using localhost:3307 in the install tool (for host) this 
> doesn't work, but should 
> (http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-pconnect.php).
> 
> Any ideas?

Not really an idea, but what about running the mysql4 on a different 
hostname?