Will revOpenDatabase work in a shared-hosting environment

RGould8 at aol.com RGould8 at aol.com
Wed Jan 17 12:01:03 EST 2007


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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