connecting to mySql

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Klaus Major <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> database newbie needs some help :-)
> 
> 
> I have access to a mySQL database since a couple of
> days,
> thanks to my ISP...
> 
> Now i want to connect to the database and only get
> an error:
> 
> ################
> An error...
> Host "pDxxxxx.x-xxx.net" is not allowed to connect
> to this MySQL server
> ################
> 
> Can someone help me out what might go wrong?
> I used the correct address, username and password...
> 
> I know that i have to create a table fist before i
> can access it with 
> RR,
> but even "CocoaMySQL" is refusing to connect, but
> with NO info why it
> won't work...
> 
> Any hint is much appreciated!
> 
> I am using Mac OS X 10.3.5.
> Do i have to change some settings in the network
> prefs-pane?
> 
> Thanks in advance :-)
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Klaus Major
> 

Hi Klaus,

The server-side settings probably don't allow outside
connections (or only from inside the ISP's own local
network) ; you'll have to ask your ISP to allow remote
access for your user.

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

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"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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