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jakester
04-20-2004, 11:00 PM
I set up a MySQL/PHP driven database. It works fine. But the owner wanted to access the on-line MySQL DB with his MS Access. SO I downloaded a driver from MySQL, 3.51 that allowed us to hook up to the on-line MYSQL. It worked for a while, then it quit cause the ISP folks had to have our IP address and that is changed by Road Runner frequently. But even after I gave them the lastest IP, the driver stilldoes't connect and of course, I checked and rechecked all the ODBC settings on the machines 100X. Does anyone have any ideas on how we can connect a MS Access to an on-line db. I also tried uploading a sample .mdb and set the permissions to 777, but MS Access won't connec tbecause it isn't a trusted source and we couldn't change the security settings because it has to be https protocol to be a trusted source.:D

Khalid Ali
04-20-2004, 11:23 PM
are u saying that you need to see the MSQL data in MS Access?,if so then you will have to user buil in utilities in MS Access(Export and import, import in your case)

MS acces will only work from within a windows machine

ray326
04-21-2004, 10:41 PM
He will not be able to use Access in the scenario you describe. His connectivity to the DBMS needs to be done using server-side techniques.