Re: Re: Is This Possible? (Database - PHP)
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Mon, 13 May 2002 14:42:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Is This Possible? (Database - PHP) | ||
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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.
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