ODBC Connection Error

[climbrainer]

Hello,
I am running the Developer version of CF and I am trying to make one simple
connection to MySQL database, however, i keep getting an error message when I
try and set up the connection. This is the message I get:

Connection verification failed for data source: mysqlcf_jbspeckh
java.sql.SQLException: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 64.202.189.150:3600.
Is there a MySQL server running on the machine/port you are trying to connect
to? (java.net.ConnectException)
The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot connect to MySQL server
on 64.202.189.150:3600. Is there a MySQL server running on the machine/port you
are trying to connect to? (java.net.ConnectException)

If someone could help explain to me what this means that would be great.
Thanks.

John Speckhard

[mxstu]

What version of mySQL and CF MX are you using? Are you trying to connect to a
local database (ie. on your machine) or remote database? If it is a local
database, try using "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" instead of "64.202.189.150". If
it is a remote database, does the mySQL server on 64.202.189.150 allow
connections from your IP address?