Dane Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Hi,I am wanting to connect to the MySQL database of another server, however, it keeps timing out all the time. I have the correct username and password etc and im using host:port etc.Could you tell me why this is happening? And what could i do about it please?CheersDane Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/11704-mysql-connect-to-another-server/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=382466:date=Jun 11 2006, 07:20 AM:name=Dane)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Dane @ Jun 11 2006, 07:20 AM) [snapback]382466[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Hi,I am wanting to connect to the MySQL database of another server, however, it keeps timing out all the time. I have the correct username and password etc and im using host:port etc.Could you tell me why this is happening? And what could i do about it please?CheersDane[/quote]Are you sure that you're even allowed to connect remotely to this other database? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/11704-mysql-connect-to-another-server/#findComment-44330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=382562:date=Jun 11 2006, 12:39 PM:name=fenway)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(fenway @ Jun 11 2006, 12:39 PM) [snapback]382562[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Are you sure that you're even allowed to connect remotely to this other database?[/quote]Im not sure what the settings are to allow it. Do you know them so that i could check?Thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/11704-mysql-connect-to-another-server/#findComment-44392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=382625:date=Jun 11 2006, 04:11 PM:name=Dane)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Dane @ Jun 11 2006, 04:11 PM) [snapback]382625[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Im not sure what the settings are to allow it. Do you know them so that i could check?Thanks[/quote]Basically, you need to see if "-skip-networking" is enabled or not, and how named pipes are set up. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/11704-mysql-connect-to-another-server/#findComment-44653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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