Per Rick's comment, see if you can telnet to the remote server on the MySQL port. If you don't get a response, it's most likely a firewall issue.
Richard Kaye -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Connecting To MySql W.N. Pew wrote: > Well, at long last I'm going to try using a remote back end - MySql. Problem > is I can't seem to get the odbc driver (5.1) configured. When I enter the > required information I get an error stating a connection could not be made > to the database. Obviously I'm not entering the info correctly so I'm > wondering if anyone out there knows how to get it done. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/df1eef11e586a64fb54a97f22a8bd044153e7...@ackbwddqh1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
