[thelist] database connection across different IP's

[Paul Bennett]

Carlos Costa Portela wrote:

>You can do that if the firewall allows you to access the database
>port. Another solution could be that the information that your website
>need (job listings) lives in a database server in the same machine where
>the website live.
>
Let me clarify: (1) The company do not want to move the existing database

> Then, they'll can access from the office via access.
>That is, perhaps a MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle db is better than an Access
>database. And, if you want to use access, you always can use ODBC.
>
(2) yes they would be, but see (1)....


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