Re: Connection Help - Stupid Question, sorry to bother.

2006-08-13 Thread Chris
Chris W wrote: By default MySQL uses port 3306 so you need to be sure that port is open on the server, and not blocked by a firewall. You also need to be sure the user you are trying to login as can login remotely. In the MySQL user data base, there is a column for host which is the host

Connection Help - Stupid Question, sorry to bother.

2006-08-12 Thread Sana Farshidi
Hi, Im sure this is a stupid problem but im a bit confused, and some assistance would be greatly appreciated. Im trying to assist with the maintenance/updating of a php site for a school which uses mysql, and is allready up and running on a remote server. I have the ftp username and password,

Re: Connection Help - Stupid Question, sorry to bother.

2006-08-12 Thread Chris W
By default MySQL uses port 3306 so you need to be sure that port is open on the server, and not blocked by a firewall. You also need to be sure the user you are trying to login as can login remotely. In the MySQL user data base, there is a column for host which is the host that user can