On Wednesday 12 March 2003 19:28, Patrick LOK wrote:
> It is possible to connect a remote db server using xxxxx_connect?
> e.g. a PostgreSQL in server PSQLDB, ip=192.168.0.100 and a MSSQL server
> MSSQLDB, ip=192.168.0.110
>
> I tried pgsql_connect("psqldb","administrator","") &
> pgsql_connect("192.168.0.100","administrator","") but failed!
>
> Error is "Unable to connect to server: psqldb in psqltest.php on line 2" &
> "Unable to connect to server: 192.168.0.100 in psqltest.php on line 2"
Yes, it is possible to connect to a remote DB server. You have to make sure
that:
a) the DB server in question is configured to accept remote connections
b) any intervening firewall is correctly configured to allow DB traffic
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