Robert Cummings wrote: > > Justin French wrote: > > > > Yup, with "local host" you're not going to be able to access it from a > > remote machine (although it's worth asking your host). > > Actually you can connect to a mySQL database from a remote server. > You just need to make sure that permissions are set up in the mysql > table to give you access from another server.
I might have read the original statement wrong... you can connect to a remote mySQL database from your localhost, but not to the localhost from a remote server "unless" the localhost is also visible on the internet. Cheers, Rob. -- .-----------------. | Robert Cummings | :-----------------`----------------------------. | Webdeployer - Chief PHP and Java Programmer | :----------------------------------------------: | Mail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Phone : (613) 731-4046 x.109 | :----------------------------------------------: | Website : http://www.webmotion.com | | Fax : (613) 260-9545 | `----------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
