Bug #49629 error in documentation for the --proxy-address parameter
Submitted: 11 Dec 2009 16:29 Modified: 14 Jan 2010 17:08
Reporter: roel van steenberghe Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Proxy: Documentation Severity:S5 (Performance)
Version:0.7.2 OS:Windows (2008 R2 x64)
Assigned to: MC Brown CPU Architecture:Any

[11 Dec 2009 16:29] roel van steenberghe 
Description:
in the documentation, the default value for --proxy-address is mentioned to be *:4040. However, using the * symbol does not really works, wat makes this confusing.

so:

using the parameter
--proxy-address=*:4040
will not work. instead use
--proxy-address=:4040 
to make the proxy listen to any IP or hostname.
Off course, you can also use a real value like this:
--proxy-address=localhost:4040

(tested on Windows x64)

How to repeat:
using the parameter --proxy-address=*:1234 will not work

Suggested fix:
clarify the documentation on how to use this parameter. Some examples could help. (like the ones above)
[15 Dec 2009 11:15] Jon Stephens 
Seems to me that the "*" is intended to be a wildcard, not to be taken literally, but perhaps this needs clarification. Verified and assigned to MC for handling.
[14 Jan 2010 17:08] MC Brown 
I've removed the '*' from the definition, since just :4040 will work as described