Connecting Remotely to Shared Hosting Databases
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March 13, 2009 7:49 AM
To use Direct Database Access to connect remotely to your shared hosting database, you need to download software that lets you connect to the database and manage it.
NOTE: Direct Database Access is not available on free ad-supported hosting accounts. To upgrade your hosting account, see Upgrading Your Hosting Account.
Some popular database management applications are:
After downloading and installing one of these clients, you can use it to connect to your database. These are your connection settings:
- Host Name or Server
- The name of the server your database is stored on.
- Port
- If asked for the port, enter the following:
- MySQL: 3306
- MSSQL: 1433
- User Name
- The database's user name.
- Password
- The database's password. The password is created when the database is first set up but can be changed at any time.
- Database
- The database you want to connect to.
NOTE: You can log in to your hosting account manager to find the hostname, user name, and password for your database.
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