Strange database connection behaviour under Linux

[Bill Humphrey]

Have you used "YourSQL" or similar utility to test the connections to 
other machines?

Rishi Viner wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Hoping for some help with this. I'm using Dreamcard 2.5.1 to put data into a 
>MySQL database. I have developed the application on my laptop running SuSE 
>9.1 Pro and it works great. I can connect to MySQL databases on my local 
>machine and on various remote servers on our network. The problem comes when 
>I try to use this stack on any other machines. I have tried running my stack 
>using the Dreamcard Player on one machine running RedHat 9 and another 
>running SuSE 9.1 Pro with no luck. I get errors like:
>
>"There was an error in connecting to the database. Please check that the 
>connection fields are correct. Revdb error: revdberr, invalid database type"
>
>I have double checked the connection information and it is good. I have also 
>double checked that my database user has permissions to connect from the 
>various hosts I am connecting from. I have the same problem whether I use the 
>"Database Query Builder" or do it manually in a script. 
>
>In frustration and thinking that it may be a Player issue, I have installed 
>the Dreamcard IDE on the RedHat machine, but get exactly the same problem. 
>
>It looks like Rev can't find or use the database drivers on the other 
>machines, yet they seem to be in the right location (comparing with my 
>original development machine). 
>
>I have little (no) experience with preparing stacks to run on other machines 
>from the development machine. Any ideas / suggestions as to what might be 
>causing this?
>
>Thanks,
>
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