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Well, this doesnt really belong in the webdesign section so I i'll just post it here.

Ok heres my issue.

My friend has a dedicated server at host A.

He also have a web server at host B.

He wants to connect to the mySQL server in his host A with php from host B.

BUT he cant do this until he allows the host A's IP to connect to host B.

But he doesnt know how to do it.

It's on a Windows Server 2003 OS so no cpanel.

He also don't have Plesk.

Any idea how to do this?

I'm guessing we have to do something with my.ini?

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the process will be the same, from what i am understanding in your original post, you need to connect server A which has the DB to server B. thsi is all done with port forwarding, and the connections established with the DB system.

don't assume that just because the writer works for MS it will only work on their systems. besides if you look at your MS windows XP installation you will see it uses mySQL for it's db tables. not a MS Access.

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besides if you look at your MS windows XP installation you will see it uses mySQL for it's db tables. not a MS Access.

Are you sure about that? MySQL is a GPL'd application, I would think MS would run into licensing issues.

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besides if you look at your MS windows XP installation you will see it uses mySQL for it's db tables. not a MS Access.

Are you sure about that? MySQL is a GPL'd application, I would think MS would run into licensing issues.

can't run into licensing issues if you change it enough where GPL isn't a status anymore. They use Oracle which is based off of mySQL. We have a locale Oracle office here. I talked to one of their Techs and he confirmed it. all it is, is MySQL rebranded and Licensed.

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They use Oracle which is based off of mySQL.

Oracle is at least 15 years older than MySQL. I doubt that Microsoft uses either of them for anything except compatibility testing and competitive analysis.

I talked to one of their Techs and he confirmed it. all it is, is MySQL rebranded and Licensed.

He's full of it.

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I find that hard to believe that he is full of it, first off, if you look in Windows you will see the db configs,

Driver=C:\WINDOWS\System32\odbcjt32.dll
Setup=C:\WINDOWS\System32\odbcjt32.dll

Those are Oracle

he has been dealing in DB's for 25 years, so if he is full of it, then blame his IT school.

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I find that hard to believe that he is full of it, first off, if you look in Windows you will see the db configs,

Driver=C:\WINDOWS\System32\odbcjt32.dll
Setup=C:\WINDOWS\System32\odbcjt32.dll

Those are Oracle

That's the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver for Access, dBase, Excel, Paradox, and text databases.

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