Hi
It's *probably* due to Netscape thinking that "localhost" is the host the
browser is running on.
Try using "getCodeBase().getHost()" instead.
Nicholas
> I have an applet which is suppose to display data from a MySQL database
> to the web browser. This applet works fine with appletviewer but when I
> run it in a browser it gives an error;
>
> "Java.Sql.SQLException: cannot connect to mysql server on
> localhost:3306. Is there a mysql server running.............."
>
> I use the following class and connection string:
> String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/dbname";
> Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();
>
> I load the MySQL server by C:\mysql\bin\mysqld.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> Abjin
>
>
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