connecting to mySql

[Klaus Major]

Bom dias Andre,

> Klaus,
>
> sometimes ISPs allows users to use cPannel and phpMyAdmin which are 
> two web apps that allow you to manage your site and your mySQL 
> instalation. At my ISP, thru the cPannel, I have access to the access 
> control system of mySQL, which governs who is allowed to connect to 
> the database, by putting a % (wildcard that equals free for all), I 
> allow connections from everywhere provided that they have the correct 
> database, login and pass combo.

Yes, i may run PHPMyAdmin...

> I think maybe (this is only a guess), you might be able to change your 
> access list by issuing the correct SQL command to mySQL (the MySQL 
> manual must have something on that), you could do that by placing a 
> CGI in your ISP then running it. Or you can just call support, this 
> usually works =)

I called and no way, PHPmyAdmin or die!

Damn, i wanted to take the chance and dive into mySQL and learn 
something
about database handling***, which is definitively my weak point ;-)

***This way i would only have wrecked my own tables :-D


Thanks for the quick help...

> Cheers
> andre

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de