Yup, that works, it's been working all along.

Paul wrote:
> can you connect via a CLI to the db form the non-localhost?
> ie.
> %mysql -uroot -ppassword -hdc2-mysql-01.kattare.com my_db
> Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.12a-nt
>
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
> 
> mysql>
> 
> Sort that out fist via mysql.