Connecting to MySQL database

[Vswe]

I'm trying to connect to a MySQL with VB.NET. I have the code to do it but the problem is the server address. I've tried with the url of my server and the IP too but it doesn't work. Since the database is extern I can't use localhost as the address.

Anyone got any ideas?

[Jordan]

Are you trying to connect to your CC database? If so, it is blocked by the firewall and the grant tables on MySQL.

[Vswe]

So it's impossible?

[Jordan]

No, it can be enabled but is risky for your database if you do not have strong passwords. Tell me a bit about what you are trying to do?

[Vswe]

This is not for the game actually. It's just a side project I have wanted to do but I haven't had enough knowledge before.

So if it's possible to make it risky just for one database(not all on the server) it would be fine, since the info I want to store is not so secret actually. It's some info created by my VBprogram that should be stored in a website. Now the user have to manually upload 3 htmlpages after each update but now I have the knowledge to just give them one line of code to add to their website and then just select "upload to database" in the VBprogram and the website will automatically be updated using PHP and Javascript.