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Connecting to a remote MYSQL DB

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ironmunk

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Aug 21, 2001
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Hi, is there a way to connect to a mysql DB hosting on another hosting company?

rather then using the 'localhost' to connect to, can I specify a server name?
 
You can use a IP-address-resolvable fully-qualified domain name in place of the 'localhost' entry.

However, your hosting folk may have their firewall configured such that connections to MySQL cannot be made from outside their network. I know I have my firewall set up that way.

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