Make sure MySQL on your BSD box allows remote connections to it. By default, it may only allow connections from localhost. Its been awhile, but when I was having that same problem some time ago, I think thats what I found. ----- Original Message ----- From: "K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 2:46 PM Subject: Connecting MySQL on UNIX box to CF Server on Wintel box > I have a MySQL server running on a FreeBSD box, serving up a simple DB w/one > table. I am trying to get my Wintel box running W2K and CF Server to see the > DB on the MySQL Server. For good measure, my copy of CF Studio is also on > the W2K server (development environment). I have installed MyODBC on the W2K > machine and set up a User DSN and System DSN for the MySQL DB to the best of > my knowledge. The Connection shows up in CF Admin, but will not Verify. > Also, I'm not entirely sure how to set up a connection to a remote RDS > server through Studio. I'm an MySQL newbie, novice with CF (but steadily > learning more each day). Are there some settings that I have missed? Any > help would be better than where I am now. Thanks in advance. > > Kevin > > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

