There really is very little reason for a shared host to not allow this, other than potential bandwidth tracking and concerns. Most shared hosts these days offer unrestricted (within reason, read the TOS) bandwidth.
I don't believe we ever actually blocked this outbound, even back in the day when had more restrictive plans. -- Byron Mann Lead Engineer & Architect HostMySite.com On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:52 PM, John Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to link a datasource using an external (free) MySQL host. > > It is a little database (700k). > > PHP talks to it without a problem. > > But using 3 different Coldfusion (shared) hosts - I can't connect to it. > > What it boils down to is that most CF Hosts expect that your MySQL databases > will be hosted on their own internal servers, rather than an external one. > > Shared hosts don't like you creating java objects, so am I out of luck? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:6055 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
