Question

I am new to MySQL, I am setting up a database connection to be used for a C# application. I am following a youtube tutorial on setting up this connection, but I am confused on what is a Server name? Is it just the IP Address or do I have to include the company domain name whos providing the server. Would the following be correct?

  private void Initialize()
        {
            server = "xxx.1x4.xxx.15x";
            database = "nameOfDatabase";
            uid = "username123";
            password = "pass123";
            string connectionString;
            connectionString = "SERVER=" + server + ";" + "DATABASE=" +
                    database + ";" + "UID=" + uid + ";" + "PASSWORD=" + password + ";";

           connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
        }

Answer 1

Using the ip adress along with the actual port for the mysql service will work unless security measures have been taken to prevent access.

example : 127.0.0.1:1840