Database Connection Question

[Jamie96554]

Okay, so, I know why the MySQL server keeps going down, and that there isn't anything you can do but just wait it out.

 

My question is if I had my MySQL Database on a different host and connected it to my site, would it still work? In my main config.php file it asks for the hostname, and that information, so would I just change it from localhost to the domain that the MySQL server's on?

 

I really don't know much about server connections, so it'd be great if someone could help answer my question, and even possibly some instructions, or a link to a set of instructions.

 

Thanks!

[wolstech]

We don't block it, so it should work if the server where the database is hosted allows remote connections. You'd need to ask the other host if they allow remote connections though, since many do not.

[Jamie96554]

Well I have a free web hosting company that I run to test things, so I can just host it off there. I just didn't know if it'd work or not. Everytime I do something important, it always seems to go down, so I was hoping this would be a good fix.