connect 2 remote MySQL database on Lycos

[marcnyc]

Hi my webhosting plan only gives me one MySQL db and I need another one to use Nuke, so I created a Lycos account which gives me MySQL. Now I can\'t seem to find a way to connect to my remote database from my site.

I tried this:

$dbhost = \"lycos.co.uk\";
$dbuname = \"chaindlk_uk_db\";
$dbpass = \"\";
$dbname = \"chaindlk_uk_db\";
$prefix = \"nuke\";
$user_prefix = \"nuke\";
$dbtype = \"MySQL\";

Can somebody PLEASE HELP ME and tell me HOW I connect to a MySQL database that is NOT on my server??? Thank you very much!

[Anon]

How do you usually connect your db? If using "localhost" as server, then the server has remote connections disabled (sometimes they do this)

If this is the case, then, probably no way you're gonna be able to do it.

fLIPIS

[marcnyc]

When I subscribed at Lycos it suggested to use localhost but of course they are not thinking that somebody will use the database remotely, therefore I think they might have not disabled it, but I won't know until I know HOW one is supposed to connect to a remote database... please explain me HOW! Thanks