Will revOpenDatabase work in a shared-hosting environment

[Luis]

Good luck with that, I haven't found many that will allow that.
You might be better off with a virtual server, and setting your own 
custom permissions.

Cheers,

Luis.


RGould8 at aol.com wrote:
> Well, if that's the case, then simplehost.com is toast in my book.   My dream 
> hosting environment is one where I can connect to mySQL from Revolution 
> remotely, and run Ruby on Rails.   I think it may be time for me to switch.
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/17/07 11:32:07 AM, luis at anachreon.co.uk writes:
> 
> 
>> 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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