Are there any reliable hosts out there which focus on hosting databases (MySQL in particular)? I don't really need the web hosting portion of it, just MySQL and maybe phpMyAdmin.

That's the type of question I would NEVER ask on a forum. It would be hard to know which answers are genuine and which are people pushing their own host, who are pushing a host they work for, who are being paid to link drop, etc. If you frequent a forum and see people on their that deserve respect, their answers should be good advice. Find a web site that is doing something similar to what you are doing and see who their host is.

If you don't need a clustering db hosting, with replication or fancy things like that, I would not even other to find a specific hosting solution.

Simply buy a cheap plan from a reliable hosting provider, and configure the DB you want from there.

web hosting portion is where your MySQL and phpMyAdmins resigns.
You can't have one without other but you can have MySQL without PHP
if you use some CGI based Control Panel




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irrelevant to my question, not to mention incorrect information

You gave me negative Talkupation based on you comment, because of my summation.

Ok, (whym, here we go)
Why even mention "web hosting portion' if that is not importent to you?
Why even mention "phpMyAdmin" it comes with every hosting account?

I tell you why. Because you have no idea what you are talking about.
Joder gave you the answer about WHC and there is nothing I nor anyone else
would explain to you any better than that.

I provided you with helpful hint about using CGI if PHP is not available or if plan
without PHP cost you cheapper and you are *****ing like a little girl that couldn't
make her Barbie to kiss Ken (read: me kissing your *ss)

You got right to the point answer and if you don't like it or if you aren't prepered
to read good and/or bad comments, then find something better to do and place posts
in Forums where everybody will kind to your senseles posts in the first place.

Learn to say thanks just because people take their time to read and reply to your posts.


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I didn't realize talkupation was so important here. I think that was my first time giving negative, and I didn't realize it would generate that reaction. I still feel justified in giving it though. And after your 2nd response, I don't have any regrets.

I gave you negative TP because it was a useless post. It doesn't answer my question, it tries to nitpick at a technicality, and it's not even correct. Did you even know what you were talking about when you posted it? Are you just inflating your post count? If you are posting nearly 20 posts per day, why don't you slow down and make some of them useful?

You don't certainly need web hosting to host a MySQL database, and the host can offer phpMyAdmin (or a "CGI based control panel") but not offer any hosting for the customer. You don't even need a control panel for MySQL though, and you certainly don't need any web hosting (e.g., Apache or IIS).

Why even mention "web hosting portion' if that is not importent to you?
Why even mention "phpMyAdmin" it comes with every hosting account?

I mentioned "web hosting portion" so that I could say it's not that important to me. I felt this was necessary because I was posting in the "Web Hosting Forum" (but I still felt like it was the best board for the topic). I say "maybe phpMyAdmin" because it's nice if it comes with it, but it doesn't have to.

I tell you why. Because you have no idea what you are talking about.

and you are *****ing like a little girl that couldn't
make her Barbie to kiss Ken (read: me kissing your *ss)

then find something better to do and place posts
in Forums where everybody will kind to your senseles posts in the first place.

It's just TP. I gave you negative feedback because I felt like the post deserved it due to the reasons I already gave. If you are this upset to respond in that manner... I don't know what to say.

In order to provide you with a useful answer, I need a better understanding of why you're looking for a database host rather than a full website host?

In most cases you're much better hosting the database on the same server as your website, or otherwise (various advantages and disadvantages to this) at least on the same network.

Most web applications ("scripts") don't work particularly well if you host your database elsewhere as the latency between web server / database server can cause a noticeable slowdown on your site.

So without knowing anything further about why you're asking this question, my recommendation would be to talk to your existing provider about how they can help with your requirements.

If you have a large enough database (I assume you would since you want a MySQL host) then sending a request over the internet to a database, it processing the request, then back again over the internet to your application, will very, very likely produce noticeable issues.

If you want it on another machine, many web hosts have them on other machines. Unless you have virtual private hosting. But even then, I'm would think you could make arrangements to have it elsewhere.

If you choose to go with another provider for your database, I would definitely NOT go with a cheap one.

Originally Posted by frost

I don't really need the web hosting portion of it, just MySQL and maybe phpMyAdmin.

Ok, lets say we created for you MySQL DB.
You got your

• DB Name
• Admin Name
• Password
• localhost location

and then what?

How do you plan to get to your DB, to create tables, to dump files and to maintain your DB?
Did I just hear you said: I will need access to my DB?
Ah, access.

Ok, let see how host can provide one for you.
Host need to setup something so you can direct your DB queries somewhere.
Surely you don’t need domain for that account because host will give you IP address
that you can use to point to your DB but…

Wait a minute, host company will be setting up for you an access, create for you DB,
provide you with dedicated IP address, provide maintenance etc.
hmmm, it looks to me, we’re talking about web hosting here.

So, if you: don't really need the web hosting portion of it, then what do you call
my description of service you want?


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