Will revOpenDatabase work in a shared-hosting environment

[Luis]

Hiya,

Some ISPs will not allow database access from external sources. It's ok 
to use php and stuff on the hosting server, but anything outside their 
subnet is a no-no. This is the same setup for GoDaddy.

Cheers,

Luis.


Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are you sure that the MySQL server is using old-style password?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark
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> Op 17-jan-2007, om 17:14 heeft RGould8 at aol.com het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> I'm having a rough time getting revOpenDatabase to work on a mySQL 
>> database
>> that I am presently hosting at www.simplehost.com.   I've checked the 
>> ports on
>> simplehost, and they claim that the port is 3306 for mySQL.   I've 
>> written
>> lots of php scripts which successfully pull data from the database 
>> locally on the
>> server.   It's just the standalong application in Rev that's the 
>> roadblock at
>> the moment.   I've even downloaded the excellent MySQL tests demo, and 
>> it's
>> not connecting either.
>>
>> The only variables I can think of that might be causing problems:
>>
>> 1)   simplehost.com is blocking access from the outside
>> 2)   perhaps I need to try the SSL settings
>> 3)   perhaps it's something I'm doing wrong in the way I'm passing 
>> data into
>> the revOpenDatabase command
>>
>> Partially, I don't trust my ISP, but partially, I don't trust me 
>> either - - -
>> any help is greatly appreciated
>>
>> revOpenDatabase("MySQL","www.simplehost.com","mytestDB',robtest,<pass>)
> 
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