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[_] Accessing hosted MySQL databases

Derek Almond home at derekalmond.com
Wed Jun 4 15:02:57 BST 2008

>> 
>> I have a hosted site and I want to be able to access my hosed database
>> from a desktop application. I'm informed by the hosting company
>> (newnet), however, that they firewall off ANY external access to their
>> databases. I.e I can only access the data through an application
>> running on their server (i.e PHPAdmin or my own web app). Is this
>> normal? 

Yeah pretty normal, unless you have a package that allows ssh in etc


I've used several hosting companies in the past and this is
>> the first time that I've come accross this problem.
>> Jason.


Try sqlyog http://www.webyog.com/en/ I think that allows you to upload some
gateway php code.

Advanced Connectivity Options
	HTTP/HTTPs Tunneling
	SSH Tunneling
	SSL Connections
	


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