Ken Moore wrote: > cannot connect to MySQL on a remote Linux server. Make sure your server is configured to accept incoming TCP/IP connections. If that setting is off, all the permissions in the world will not let you in. ______________________________________ Pete Freitag work: http://www.cfdev.com/ blog: http://www.petefreitag.com/ shop: http://www.dealazon.com/ Author of the CFMX Developers Cookbook http://www.petefreitag.com/bookshelf/