revOpendatabase: 10061 can't connect error

[Dave Cragg]

On 21 Dec 2005, at 04:15, N Cueto wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>  Just this morning, I installed mysql (5.0, Win)
>  and then used revOpendatabase to connect.
>  On the machine where mysql is actually
>  running (localhost), RunRev can connect
>  to the database. But from the other networked
>  machines, a "can't connect (10061)" error
>  is the result.
>
>  My guess is that firewall software is blocking
>  the TCP/IP port, but I don't know how to
>  confirm this guess (the sys-admin comes
>  tomorrow). Or maybe it's something else.

I'm assuming 10061 is a Winsock error, in which case it means the  
connection was actively refused by the server. I guess it may be a  
firewall setting as you say, or possibly a mySQL configuration  
setting. (I don't know anything about mySQL on Windows, sorry.)

Cheers
Dave