[rob]

I'm assuming that all the mysql dbs are on one IP. SO... does the server only allow _globally_ unique db names ... I'm guessing not ...

Database names are unique to the server that they're running on for Windows packages. This is the way that HELM manages it. At the moment I think the databases are globally unique as well, but this isn't directly by system design.


How does the server know which database I want when i'm pointing to from another package? That is to say, if I create database Fred with Jim as a user, how does the server know that I want /that/ database from package 'Bar'. Or is there only one fred on the whole of pear?

Due to server uniqueness, pear only has one "bar" database, and hence that's the only one you can access.

Rob