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QUESTION
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Our web site is hosted on anySiteHosting.com’s web servers, and we need to access the MySQL or MSSQL database server from our local machines.
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ANSWER
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LINUX HOSTING PLAN
Login to the Hosting Control Panel
http://www.anysitesupport.com/how-do-i-logon-to-the-hosting-control-panel/
Scroll down and click the Remote MySQL icon in the Databases section
Enter the your local IP Address in the Host text field and click the Add Host button
The mySQL server IP address is the same IP address your site is hosted on, over port 3306
To find this address, ping your web site (http://www.anysitesupport.com/how-do-i-ping-a-web-site-address/)
Or simply view the Shared IP Address in the stats section of CPanel (http://www.anysitesupport.com/how-do-i-logon-to-the-hosting-control-panel/)
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WINDOWS HOSTING PLAN
Microsoft SQL Server:
Host: MSSQL2008.YOURDOMAIN:1533
MySQL Server:
Host: MySQL5.YOURDOMAIN:3306
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EXAMPLES
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see ANSWER
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APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS
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Local MySQL Client
MySQL Software
Outside Access
MSSQL
Microsoft SQL Server
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REF
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http://www.anysitesupport.com/access-linux-mysql-server-from-remote-host/
http://anySiteHosting.com