I am not sure if you're trying to connect from outside of your office newwork. If you try 'telnet' using 3306 (forgot the syntax, check the Mysql site)outside your office network and if you couldn't get through,(otherwise you will get some garbage characters) then you can't connect to the database from outside. I had once had such connection issue. If that will be your case, I guess you have to ask admin for help, it's not mysql at all. If your database is on a XP box, you need to create a service and open the 3306 port there (assuming you have firewall on it, otherwise you shouldn't have this issue.)
Good luck. > Xiaobo Chen wrote: > >>Have you tried to put the port 3306 after the host? I assume you are in >>the localhost. >> > > Yes, I am trying to connect in localhost. I did 'nmap localhost' and > port 3306 is open and I can connect to mysqld with mysql client. I will > try putting 3306 after the host when I get in the office tommorrow but I > doubt that is the problem. > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Master of Applied Computer Science Faculty of Computer Science Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
