Thanks Peter,
It should be simple as you suggest but I have the strong feeling that my
colleague at the other end has overlooked something. I think it is new
for them and they are assuming that they have done everything correctly
and the problem lies at my end. It is sometimes difficult to nudge
people to look again.
Roger
On 24/09/15 15:51, Peter B. wrote:
> Should be as simple as
> http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/mysql-connect-to-your-database-remotely
>
> On 24 September 2015 at 12:58, Roger Munford
> <rogermunford@???
> <mailto:rogermunford@parussoftware.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> I am having the perennial problem of connecting remotely to a
> MySQL database. I have no experience of administering MySQL myself
> and I am not confident that the person at the other end has had
> much either.
> I gave them my (fixed) ip address and received a user name and
> password back. I am using the MSQL workbench and have a couple of
> remote connections which work.
>
> Is there anything here that I may not know about or is there
> anything that I could suggest to my colleague.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger
>
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