Thanks for all of your responses :) Unfortunately, I could not telnet into the server, nor could I do the mysql_connect command to get into the old server.
I ended up calling the hosting company today to find out if they would be willing to create a dump for me, since they had been unresponsive to my e-mails, and they did. So I'm happy with that :) Plug tiora.net :) Trisha > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:53:36 -0700 (PDT) > From: Trisha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Is it possible to access MySQL table on server A from > server B? > > Someone let me use their extra web space so I would have a > banner-free place to put my site. After their domain name expired, > they didn't re-register it, and didn't let me know ahead of time. I > wasn't thinking properly, so I had not created a backup of any of > the > tables in my database. > > I have purchased my own domain now, and am wondering if there is > any > kind of code I can execute from my current domain to copy or back > up > the tables from the old domain. I believe the database has not yet > been deleted, since my user account has not been deleted, and all > of > the files I've uploaded through FTP are still intact. I've sent > several e-mails to the company that was providing the shared > hosting > package, but did not receive any response, so I don't think they > will > help in any way. > > If anyone could me know if accessing the database on the old server > from the new server is possible and how to do it, or if I'm just > plain old SOL, I would greatly appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance :) > > Trisha __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
