[ic] MySQL connection problem

Dan Busarow dan@dpcsys.com
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:56:27 -0800 (PST)


On Jan 5, Mike Heins wrote:
>Quoting Bogdanov, Uri (Uri.Bogdanov@Nextel.com):
>> Database	cat	cat.txt	dbi:mysql:My_DATABASE:168.73.26.86:3306
>> 168.73.26.86 is the ip address where my mysql is installed.
>
>I don't understand that idiom for a MySQL DSN. The normal way is
>
>	dbi:mysql:my_database;host=168.73.26.86

The way he has it will work *if*
1) the database is named exactly My_DATABASE, mysql database and table
names are case sensitive
2) the mysql grant tables on the remote host are setup to permit him 
(and the ic server) to connect

Dan
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