Hi, somebody knows any free host where i can enable remote connections to MySQL database? thanks

Sorry, but their is no such service. First off, you can only run it as either a root user on a linux system, or an admin on a windows system. You would have to rent out the whol server. Why do you need such access?

This post has been edited by Levis: Nov 6 2006, 01:39 AM

Not really clear, but the way I understand it, seems that he wants to connect to a database from another computer. That's what you are doing now, connecting from your PC to astahost's mysql database.
So, I would say that he needs the connect string in order to connect to a database.
There are some mysql servers which allow connecting to the mysql database, they allow you to create a database, a database user, and give you the connect string (host name, TCP port, database name, etc...) Unfortunately the free ones will also send pop-up ads windows.

exactly the one i need.. a hosting which can let me access a connection from my desktop..

i have a .NET framework system here written with visual studio.NET and a powerbuilder [Borland studio] written software that needs such connections..

i have no luck yet finding a mySQL one. though i found postGre versions..

seems that most companies have locked the mySQL access to localhost and denies the % wildcard connection.. wish i can find a free one that does.. only thing i need is insert, update and delete table row..

I was satisfied with http://freemysql.net/ . They have a lot of disagreable pop-up ads, but they do the job they promiss. You create your databases, and you access them from another computer.
Here is how they express themselves :

For learning purposes, their ads are not so disturbing, that's why I use them for test purposes. You simply create your account and start working.
Of course, for my official website I prefer Astahost because it's banner-free and has a nice support forum.
Regards
Yordan