Philipp Tölke wrote:
> Bill Karwin wrote:
>
>>gmax2006 wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any MySql hosting that exposes the actual MySql TCP port 3306
>>>to the Internet, so I can remotely connect to MySql database and
>>>directly work with tables?
>>
>>[..]
>>
>>You can also find a hosting provider who gives you shell access. They're
>>not very common, but there are some hosting services who offer this.
>>You can then ssh into the server and use command-line mysql utilities.
>
>
> Or use the ssh tunneling feature to tunnel port 3306 to your own computer.
>

MySQL would still have to be configured to listen to the port - and most
shared hosts do not allow it. They only allow socket access - and
tunneling can't access the socket.

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