Web.config connection for MY SQL for remote server.

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hosting provider(hostgator) has provide me(host,database name, userid and password).
i have tried but could not connect my database through my application.

What I have tried:

<connectionstring>
<add name ="connectionstring" connectionstring="Datasource=hostname; database=databasename; userid=username; password=password;" provider="MySql.Data.SqlClien"
<connectionstring>

Posted 21-Feb-18 17:07pm

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Updated 21-Feb-18 17:38pm

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Ngo Tuong Dan · Answer 1 · 2018-02-21T17:39:00

Solution 1

hi friend,
To remote access to DataBase server from your app, you must setting your MySQL server allow remote access.

cheers

Posted 21-Feb-18 17:39pm

Ngo Tuong Dan

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manish-gusain8909 21-Feb-18 23:44pm

server is of hosting service provider.