George, At a minimum, you have to setup a user with permissions to access the database. Once you have that done I think it might work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > I'm currently working on a project in which I am working with CGI scripts > for a web based user interface, and MySQL for my database. I'm a student at > a University of Waterloo (in Canada). The program is a hotel reservation > system (irrelevant) and I'm coding in C and C++. The system is being > developed on a Solaris box. , and my problem is that the CGI script is on a > different server than the one where my database is one. In fact, my > database is located on my Win2k box at home. I noticed that the > mysql_real_connect() method in the MySQL C API, has a specification for the > IP address, and port. However when I specify the IP address of my box at > home and a port 3306 (definitely not in use) and leave the password and > user NULL (because I haven't set up a password and user) it tells me it > cannot connect to the MySQL server on port 3306. I know the problem isn't > that I'm not running the daemon, because I check that already. Is there > something I'm missing or is this even possible??? > > Please reply to the above email address AS WELL AS TO: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I appreciate any assistance you can offer. > > Thank you > George > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- Bruce One day at a time... One second if that's what it takes --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
