I wanted to know if it’s possible to have a page on another server query the database on our server, or is that a big security no no?
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I wanted to know if it’s possible to have a page on another server query the database on our server, or is that a big security no no?
This is a very common practice.
Sometimes several applications are sharing the database(s).
Sometimes the database is on its own server so that the server can be optimized for the database, and the database can use all of the server resources instead of sharing them with the web server.
Security is handled by setting permissions in the database, regardless of whether the calling application is on the same machine. Generally, applications will operate with their own identity and credentials. They are given very limited permissions on the database.