# Accessing a \[MySQL\] database from another website. Bad practice?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-mysql-database-from-another-website-bad-practice/197354>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-mysql-database-from-another-website-bad-practice/197354 "2006-08-15T20:07:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MikeMumps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MikeMumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MikeMumps)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-mysql-database-from-another-website-bad-practice/197354/1 "2006-08-15T20:07:26Z")

</div>

Hello everyone,

I would like to use a mysql database to store data that would be dynamically loaded into a flash website. The problem is that my client’s website does not have MySQL activated, and I’d like to avoid the higher cost. I have MySQL installed on my personal web host’s server and am wondering if it is a terrible idea to create the database on my server and have the client’s site access it from a different host/server.

I’m new to MySQL, and am mainly concerned that this may cause some strange connection errors. Security is not a cause for concern, and the database would not be very complex.

Thanks!  
Mike

PS. The site that would be accessing the database is [www.warrenlinn.com](http://www.warrenlinn.com)