beachcomber

Hi, I have a requirement to allow remote access to my mysql database. I\'ve read a million threads on this subject and none of them seem to give clear instructions on how to do this. I tried the following code. where $db_hostname is the ip address of the server. $db_hostname= xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx $db_username="XXXXX"; $db_password="YYYYYY"; if(!mysql_connect("$db_hostname","$db_username","$db_password")) { echo "SQL_ERROR: Cannot connect to Database: $db_name<br>"; exit(); } else { echo "Connection successful"; } This produced the following set of errors. If I use localhost as the db_hostname I connect without any problems. What do I have to do to allow a remote connection to the database? Is this a coding issue or is there a setting on the server that needs to be changed? All help and suggestion greatfully received! Rob