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Connecting Remotely to Shared Hosting Databases

To use Direct Database Access to connect remotely to your shared hosting database, you need to download software that lets you connect to the database and manage it.

NOTE: Direct Database Access is not available on free ad-supported hosting accounts. To upgrade your hosting account, see Upgrading Your Hosting Account.

Some popular database management applications are:

• MySQL Query Browser
• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express

After downloading and installing one of these clients, you can use it to connect to your database. These are your connection settings:

Host Name or Server

The name of the server your database is stored on.

Port

If asked for the port, enter the following:

• MySQL: 3306
• MSSQL: 1433

User Name

The database's user name.

Password

The database's password. The password is created when the database is first set up but can be changed at any time.

Database

The database you want to connect to.

NOTE: You can log in to your hosting account manager to find the hostname, user name, and password for your database.

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