Connecting via ODBC

To connect to our MySQL database service remotely to manage database, simply download and install the ODBC drivers either from the MySQL website or our website.  Once the drivers are installed on each machine you need to access data on, you can create an ODBC link in the control panel (Administrative Tools ODBC Section) to the remote data on our servers.

In your ODBC settings of the control panel, add a "System DSN" entry to a remote ODBC MySQL database.  Select the data source type as MySQL ODBC 3.51.  The address of the data source server is:-

myserver.markandrewsmith.com

The Data Source Name is the name of the MySQL catallogue that we will give back to you once we have set it up for you.  See asking for a database.  You will need your MyServer username and password to access your data.  Once connected choose the database as the same as the MySQL catalogue we gave you.  The System DNS should look like:-