Free MySQL Hosting?

[razor]

Just wondering, is there anywhere who would let me place my mysql database on their server for free? My host supports asp, cfm, php, and sql, but not mysql(yet). Php seems to be the easiest language, and most php scripts require mysql. Any ideas?

[Shaman]

If they don't have MySQL then the chances are that the MySQL client hasn't been compiled into the PHP binary, either.

[Alwaysmefirst]

Originally posted by razor
Just wondering, is there anywhere who would let me place my mysql database on their server for free? My host supports asp, cfm, php, and sql, but not mysql(yet). Php seems to be the easiest language, and most php scripts require mysql. Any ideas?

Hi razor,

At free.fr you can get:
100 mb of website.
php.
mysql database.
All for free.
You just need to know some French :)

Olly

[wysardry]

http://www.spaceports.com - PHP, CGI and MySQL are available on a separate CGI-BIN server which can only be linked to from a Spaceports site. You apply for this after getting a standard server account, you also apply for a MySQL database separately. Support is offered at a very busy forum.

http://www.portland.co.uk and http://www.port5.com - PHP, CGI and MySQL with no ads. Limited to 100 Mb transfer per month for free accounts.

http://www.freedom2surf.net - CGI, PHP and PostgreSQL with no ads. You might possibly be able to convert this board to run with PostgreSQL. There are scripts available that do that sort of thing. I think they offer cheap paid hosting with MySQL, but I am not sure.

[rockergrrl]

I've got a new free webhost that support php and mysql..
http://www.surecity.com

They don't offer domain hosting....but they do host subdomain hosting. "unlimited" space/bandwidth, cgi, php, mysql, etc Only thing bad about them is that they have banners....if you don't put the code in your html/shtml pages you'll get a popup. *shrug*

They're ok :)
Better than spaceports or f2s.

Hope I could help someone...:)

rockergrrl

[thetakerfan]

surecity does seem like the best bet, I've installed my new board there, but they seem to slow down quite a bit.
When it isn't slowed down though, it goes incredibly fast. Kind of weird, but I'd go with them as opposed to spaceports, cause SP only gives you 10 MB, and its a nasty URL

[rockergrrl]

Lakerfan --
did you install phpMyAdmin to create tables?? Or did you just install it like the manual says??

What did you use for the server name?? Localhost? or yoursite.surecity.com ?? I didn't get any answers from the host in what it is. I tried installing phpmyadmin and I kept on getting errors.

Can you give me some feedback?? Thanks!

[thetakerfan]

well, you shouldn't need to install phpMyAdmin when installing vB, thats for backups and stuff I believe.
First of all, did you create a MySQL DB from the Control Center at surecity?
If you did, then this is what you enter

$cfgServers[1]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfgServers[1]['port'] = '';
$cfgServers[1]['adv_auth'] = false
$cfgServers[1]['stduser'] = 'root'
$cfgServers[1]['stdpass'] = ''
$cfgServers[1]['user'] 'username_city':
$cfgServers[1]['password'] = 'password';
$cfgServers[1]['only_db'] = 'username_city';
$cfgServers[1]['verbose'] = '';


and its TheTakerFan ;)

[rockergrrl]

that's what I had....but I couldn't get the thing to work right. *shrug*

I'm going to up vbulletin tomorrow.... wish me luck! :)

[thetakerfan]

good luck
I don't see any other problems then, unless the DB wasn't created correctly for some reason, but I doubt it.

[MagmaHawk]

If you have a nice professional page.. you might want to try http://hosting.jmwebdesigns.com/. The service is exclusive, so you'll need to show them the page you're going to put on their server before they decide to accept you. Here are some more details:

• http://yourname.jmwebdesigns.com
• 35 MB of Web space!!
• 24 hour access to account!
• 5 POP3 e-mail accounts!
example:
yourname@jmwebdesigns.com
• Unlimited auto responders!
• Unlimited mail forwarders!
• Dedicated FTP user name and password!
• No pop up windows, no ads!
• and much more for FREE!

JM Web Hosting Supports:
• HTML
• DHTML
• VRML
• SGML
• FP 98/2000 extensions
• PHP3
• MySQL Database
• PERL, Scripting & CGI
• JAVA
• Basically everything!

Keep in mind I copied all that from thier start page (I'm not convincing you to use the service.) But you migth want to give it a shot if you have a good page. 35MB might not be enough.. but hey.. it doesn't have ads- and.. well.. you decide. The ohter services the others mentioned look good (I might want to try one myself :))... so.. have fun with your new board.

[thetakerfan]

noone ever gets accepted by them, so don't waste your time.
I know many people with sites more than worthy, and I have seen many discussions about them at other boards, and noone has ever posted about being accepted.

[rockergrrl]

TakerFan,

Just wondering how you got vbulletin set up at surecity?? Did you change all the php instances to php3?? or what?

Just curious....
I think that what I'm going to have do... *sigh*

Thanks for the info!

[MagmaHawk]

Yey... I know they're very exclusive.. but hey.. I'm just trying to help.. I didn't know of any other Free MySQL servers... So sorry.

[rockergrrl]

Here's another....
http://www.xodox.com

Its in german -- use a translator program from the net, you'll do fine. Click on free homepage and then click on the "professional" option. They have cgi, php, mysql among other things.

[thetakerfan]

I've been there before, and they weren't excepting new users at them time, and that was a few weeks ago

At surecity I used htaccess. Add this code into your .htaccess file
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php
That will tell the server to parse .php as a .php3 file, so you don't have to edit everything.

MagmaHawk-didn't mean to sound rude or anything, I was just giving a warning not to wait on your application to them to be responded to quickly, cause chances are you can have vB up in either SP or SureCity before you even get a response.

[rockergrrl]

Here's another one I came across on the net:
http://www.notabadidea.co.uk/

features:
completely FREE (NO pop-ups or banners)
cool http://you.notabadidea.co.uk/ subdomain
15MB space
CGI access
personal ftp account
server includes, php, mySQL support
alteration to DNS record can be made (via technical support)

It takes approximately 24hrs for them to makes the account. At least that's what it says on the site.

[thetakerfan]

never heard of them, must be new
I'll definitely check them out...
Can't enough "test" sites now can we

[rockergrrl]

I just received email from notabadidea.co.uk, and they're a sub-host under portland.co.uk.

The only have 15mb space, and 100mb of bandwidth/month.
And mySQL isn't available until August 1st...

[thetakerfan]

I just signed up
I can wait for the MySQL, as I already have 3 other testing sites for it anyway.

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