title: How to use the option skip-name-resolve when using MySQLdb for Python?
body: <p>I try to connect to database in a domain from my virtual machine. 
  It works on XP, but somehow does not work on Win7 and quitting with:
  "OperationalError: (1042, "Can't get hostname for your address")"</p>
  
  <p>Now I tried disable Firewall and stuff, but that doesn't matter anyway.
  I don't need the DNS resolving, which will only slow everything down.
  So I want to use the option "skip-name-resolve", but there is no my.ini
  or my.cnf when using MySQLdb for Python, so how can I still use this option?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help
  -Alex</p>