Gordon

Thanks, one step closer to acheiving my dreams :-) Just for clarification of other Dummies. Username and Password is you CPanel login, not useraccounts created under Cpanel. Anyway, thats what worked for me.

I havent, my understanding is that is for other webservers to access the database. Is it nesseccary to configure it if connecting from Access 2007 or a simular program?

Im struggling too, though i'm sure the solutions is easy once explained. I am wanting to connect from Data Loader (though the process seems simular from Access 2007, which i can't get to connect either). I am trying to connect to the SQL sever running on my heliohost account. i am trying the following settings Server : ballam.heliohost.org Port : 3306 Username : (user created on the mysql wizzard at ballam.heliohost.org) Password : (password for user created on the mysql wizzard at ballam.heliohost.org) Database : (database created on the mysql wizzard at ballam.heliohost.org) When i try to connect i get the error that is in the attachements. I have checked the Windows Firewall, and made an exception for Data Loader Now i suspect this could also be an issues with the SQL Driver, but hopefully someone can set me on the right path