Posted by Rik on 12/01/06 16:51

Sean wrote:
> If the SQL server is on the Internet, then from your PC the server
> name would not be "localhost" as this refers to your PC. Noting of
> course that when a page is uploaded to a website, localhost would
> then be the server on which the page resides.

Noting more importantly that most 'simple' hosting accounts do not allow
remote access to the database. It would only be accessable locally, so a
web connection cannot be made, unless they're willing to change this.

--
Grtz,

Rik

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