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fractalvibes
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MySql and WebHost

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Hi,

I have been trying to get some things set up on a Virtual server with a local hosting company for a client and ran into a slight hitch. After a week of trying to get the complete connection info so that I can use my Mascon MySql client software to create and administer the tables, I was told that they did not allow web-based database administration....I was totally amazed and enraged......!

How common a practice is this? I have never run into this situation before. They even sent a representative to meet with the client to discuss them going with a dedicated server because I was asking for "root access" which I really was not - just access to a particular database that I would design and nothing else. Site is on a Win2000 server running IIS and ASP/PHP/MySql.

Am I way off base, or are these folks overly restrictive? Any comments
welcome, any thoughts welcomed. They did say that I could send them the DDL to create/alter the tables, but I was wishing to avoid any 3rd party hangups with the actual development.....

Thanks,

Phil J.
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patrikG
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Post by patrikG »

That's outrageous. Are those guys overly concerned since the Microsoft SQL-Server worm sped around the world in less than 10 minutes, incapacitating them?

I would vote with my feet and move to another hoster. Personally, I am planning to move a couple of domains from http://www.ghoulnet.com (cheap, used to be very reliable, but have no redundancy in their server-farm - had some very nasty server-crashes - repeatedly) to http://www.hostroute.co.uk. I only have second-hand opinions on hostroute.co.uk plus what I read on their website - and it seemed reasonably priced and very up-to-date in terms of webmaster-access and data-back-ups (seperate mySQL-server, daily back-ups (I presume some RAID-system) of everything, including database.
fractalvibes
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Post by fractalvibes »

Thanks for the feedback, and yes, very good point. As I cannot say when they implemented that policy, don't know that is the reason. I thought it a bit unreasonable myself...

I know a truly stellar hosting site that I have had magnificent service from for the past several years - 100% prompt and go the extra mile. But,as the client already has a site hosted with this current host, am trying give them one more chance, as they are local. Will know soon, and can move at a moments notice, as I have several pre-existing very excellent relationships with the favored host.

Phil J.
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