MyODBC data source
options |
Option |
Description |
Data Source Name (DSN) |
The name used by your script to connect to the source database. |
ODBC Driver Name |
MySQL ODBC (MyODBC) Driver is the default driver. |
DSN Description |
The description of the data source. |
Host/Server Name (or IP) |
The host name or IP Address of the server on which the MySQL database
is located. Its default value is localhost, that
is, the server on which the site is currently hosted. |
Database Name |
The name of the MySQL database that you want to use as the default database. |
User |
The login name required to access the database. |
Password |
The password required to access the database.
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Port |
The port number used to access the server on which the MySQL database
is located. By default, MySQL uses port 3306 to
service requests.
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