> This is what I have derived from O'Reilly books, though they make the
> assumption that you are
> running the script from the same server as the database:
> $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:table1", "$host", "$user", "$password") or die
> "Unable to connect";
> # table1 is the name of database.
I believe it's pretty safe to say that the $host variable in that statement
is the IP of the server you're trying to connect to. I can't test this,
however, since the databases I have access to are all restricted to
localhost access...
I don't see why you'd need telnet access.
-Chris
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