Whoa, great one OLM. They've got MySQL support, hurray for them. Unfortunately they include no administration tools so I had to install one myself. For 'added enjoyment', to remove a database, I must "provide [them] with a written request that [I] wish to remove [my] databases".

Gee, a written request. Wouldn't it be a lot easier to have the option in that awful account adminstrator? To make things worse I only remember the names of 1/2 of my databases, but I want them ALL deleted. What are they gonna say, "Sorry but we will not delete your unused databases that you are paying for because you have failed to remember their names after you accidentally created them in a typo incident". I truly would not be surprised :(

:O BIG NEWS! well not really, but... they actually told me what my databases are! This must be a major violation of OLMs rules: "the customer is always a fool" --shrug--

Can't you install PHPMyAdmin and do it yourself? :cool:

Do they leave port 3306 open to the public on their MySQL servers? If so, you can connect with one of the MySQL GUI's. My favorite is NetAdmin, downloaded from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/os-win32.html (NetAdmin2.zip).

Best Regards,

Brian Emerson
Inet7 Internet Services, Inc.

Originally posted by appletreats
[B]Whoa, great one OLM. They've got MySQL support, hurray for them. Unfortunately they include no administration tools so I had to install one myself. For 'added enjoyment', to remove a database, I must "provide [them] with a written request that [I] wish to remove [my] databases".
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1) An administration tool is a nice feature, but in no way something that they HAVE to give you. I bet they've got the 'real' mysql client installed so that you can use that to manually edit your database via SQL commands.

2) Requesting a written request to remove a database is maybe a little childish, but on the other hand sometimes these databases contain very very sensitive information that you wouldn't want to lose by clicking a wrong button in the control panel.

So maybe you're right that they could improve service a little bit on some points, but it's nothing to get upset about.

Hans Allis

A friend of mine hosts there because we couldn't offer him the free miva merchant storefront like they do with their ecommerce packages. Anyway, he was pretty stuck with the same problem with the low end package. But he had to upgrade to the mid-level package because of their pretty low bandwidth restrictions, and now he gets SSH access. So he's set.

If you have root access to the machine, simply type:
account
in telnet then hit enter.. If you dont have root access, you will get permission denied. Anyway, it's a really simple program and is what they use, and it only takes 1 second to delete a db. It can delete individual db's, or it can delete all db's for that one user in one stroke..