How do I connect the database from another computer to visual studio?

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I have an xampp installed in PC1. My project is in PC2. I changed my connection string's server from localhost into this:

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<add name="VoteContext" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"
connectionString="server=192.168.0.124; database=voting; user id=root;password=;/>

But when I run with debug my project, it says:

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PC2 is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server

I also have an xampp installed in PC2 with the same db. When I use this connection string,

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<add name="VoteContext" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"
connectionString="server=localhost; database=voting; user id=root;password=;"/>

it goes fine.

But when I change the "localhost" into PC2's ipaddress,

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<add name="VoteContext" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"
connectionString="server=192.168.0.123; database=voting; user id=root;password=;"/>

the same error message appears.

I'd like to connect my PC2 project to PC1 db.

I already configured my xampp settings httpd-xampp.conf and I can access the xampp of PC1 using my browser in PC2 (192.168.0.124/phpmyadmin) and I successfully inserted a record but still, I couldnt connect to PC1 server with my visual studio project.

What I have tried:

<add name="VoteContext" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"
connectionString="server=192.168.0.124; database=voting; user id=root;password=;/>

Posted 27-Oct-18 22:24pm

Pamingkas Sevada

Updated 27-Oct-18 22:51pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-27T22:51:00

Check the configuration on the remote machine: it could be the MySql installation requires different credential (and I would seriously hope so, blank passwords on a DB are not a good idea particularly on an "admin" account) or it could be the firewall.

See if you can find a working example connections string to s different DB on the same server and copy that.

BTW: Generally, you'd be better off specifying a Hostname rather than an IP address as the latter are normally issued on a "first come, first served" basis when the router is powered up. Which means that you can't guarantee that "x.x.0.124" will be the same host tomorrow!