Connecting site to MySQL db - am I missing something?

[Guest]

Using W7/ CS4. I have set up a site on GoDaddy (www.wahl2wahlbounce.biz )along with a PHP/MySQL db, including a table with one record in it. Now I'm trying to connect the site to the db. I do not have a local testing server, the db is on the remote server. When I try to add a MySQL connection record and click "Test" it fails with "HTTP Error Code 503: Service Unavailable" .

I have another site not hosted by GoDaddy so I tried connecting this site to the exact same db on GoDaddy using the same information when creating the connection and it succeeded, so it looks like there must be a setting somewhere in my GoDaddy site that is incorrect. I have compared the settings for the two sites in DW and they appear to be the same.

I have deleted my DW cache and get the same result.

Could anyone suggest what is causing this?

Thanks so much, I've been banging my head against this particular wall for 4 days now!!

Tony

[Guest · Accepted solution]

Well, I never did figure out what was wrong but I fixed it by creating a new site in Dreamweaver pointing to the site under development on GoDaddy.

[SynterX]

what did you use for the Host settings when connecting to your godaddy db? I just went through this. Everything I read says "localhost" is what most all need...but gd needed something else...and you can find it in the control panel if you dig deep enough.