Azure websites let us configure our site using a new MySQL Database instead of SQL Azure. But after creation it's never visible in admin panel. I beleive that it's because is hosted in a third party server, but I have no idea how to reach it, any tip?
For managing it from an external tool check out my response here.
Though the database is hosted by a third party (ClearDB), you should see it listed as a "linked resource" on the dashboard for your Web Site in the Windows Azure portal. When you delete the Web Site, it asks if you also want to delete the linked resource.
If you choose not to or you unlink the MySQL resource explicitly, it's still there and you'll see it a list of existing resources when you subsequently do an explicit link. (I haven't found a way to see a list of the unlinked MySQL databases, but will update this response when I hear).
So I'd say to delete the MySQL database you can
Delete the entire Web Site and, when prompted, select the MySQL database to be deleted too
Unlink the MySQL database from the Web Site you want to keep; create a new temp Web Site, and add the existing MySQL database as a Linked Resource to it. Then delete the new, temp Web Site along with the linked database. Not elegant, but seems to work in my testing.
Currently you can't manage the MySQL Server.
As for being third party - yes, the service (MySQL-as-a-Service) is provided by a third party byt lives in Azure! It is not on other servers, it is on the Azure servers. Most probably (just my guess) worker roles. But as the feature is still preview, the management is missing.
The third party vendor is ClearDB. They provide MySQL as a service on top of Windows Azure. so no worries, your data is in the same Data Center (of course if you chose same) as your web site. But you can't directly manage it, unless you install something like PhpMyAdmin on your website.
I had a slightly different issue where Jim O'Neil's #2 didn't fully work because the database that was orphaned was created through the "Add-On" gallery. To work around this, you can link the orphaned database to the new temporary site as suggested, and then click on the "Manage" link in the Linked Resources tab with the database selected. This will take you to ClearDB's management for the databases.
From there, you can click on the first tab, and then click "Delete" to manually delete the database from ClearDB. This is an async operation so it may take some time, and you may also have to refresh the portal because the entries are cached.
You can also add the ClearDB Add-on and create either the Free tier or the 9.99 a month Venus 1gb tier. The Free tier is only 20mb so that isn't much. For the database name, you can type in the existing MySQL database, and ClearDB Add-on will link to that.
I know this is a super old question, but it's the first result that came up when I did a Google search for deleting mysql azure databases. You can manage your MySql databases from the management portal now, via the Linked Resources page. Either click on the name of the mysql DB directly, or select the row and click manage down at the bottom.
i know that this is a late answer but i followed them to gain the exact access
Select Your web app
Clicked linked resources
Click on mysql db name (It will redirect you to cleardb website for your account)
Install mysql workbench
click on endpoint information
in mysql workbench give the value of hostname, and access credentials i.e. username, password
and you are good to go :)
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I am just a beginner, as such, humbly request you to be as basic as possible.
below are the steps that I had taken while creating a split access database:
Originally created an access database in access 2013, which had a login form as default form on load, and it was mandatory to log in.
Split the database into back-end and front-end.
stored the back end database over the network in one of the computers (all systems are linked via LAN/wi-fi) and distributed the front end to different users.
This setup had worked fine so far. Users were able to operate the database perfectly fine. However, it was required that the database be imported back again (merge front-end and back-end). Below are the steps that I took.
Logged in as a superuser (there is a feature where I can bypass the login form by using shift+enter key, which then asks for superuser credentials. Once logged in, simply close the database and again open using shift+enter) and gained access to database design.
deleted the linked table, and imported the back-end database.
Now, when I connect my system to the network, and try opening the database, everything works fine. But if I disconnect from the network and try to open the database, IT JUST WON'T OPEN. Only the access software gets opened, and not the database.
What I fail to understand is why is my database still dependent on network when there clearly is no need for that?
Please help me understand where I am wrong, and also, how can I open the database without being connected to the said network.
(As per this meta post, I should repost my comment as an answer).
There were still linked hidden tables present. See here how to unhide them.
Instead of using elfinder to browse files. Can I use elfinder to browse Items from database like MySQL.
I'm working on MVC.net
Thanks
Not with elFinder, no, but you can use other open source tools such as Adminer, which works very nicely. Adminer requires PHP.
https://www.adminer.org/
Note this is for general overall DBA tasks for the person running the site, if your aim is to provide limited access to update and retrieve things out of MySQL for end-users usually people code this up themselves, half the web is app servers querying MySQL for stuff.
I have purchased an Azure subscription through a reseller (so the offer is of the Azure in Open type) on which I would like to host a wordpress-based webpage (amongst other services). In order to do that I need to create a MySQL database and I would like to use a shared Clear DB for it. However, neither ClearDB nor MySQL database is available for me to be created on the subscription (these resources simply do not appear in the list). There is a credit card linked to the subscription already.
The only option Azure gives me is to create a VM with MySQL pre-installed, however the price for that is (obviously) way higher. I've checked the FAQ site for Clear DB on Azure (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/store-cleardb-faq), but if I'm not wrong I already have the requirements fulfilled.
What settings do I have to change in order to be able to create a Clear DB instance on the subscription? Am I missing something?
I have been trying to make an Inventory Management System. I have made the database on Access but I want the database to run online so that people from remote areas with different access levels can modify it in real time.
Is there a way I can store the .accdb file with access restriction? Or is there any online service hosting live databases of MS Access?
It depends on your infrastructure. The simplest (but worst as far as performance) is to set up VPN connections for remote users. Event better if you have the capability use Remote Web Workplace or a Remote Desktop server. Finally put all the tables on SQL Server or MySQL and distribute the front end. With any of these, as with any Internet facing service, you have to be very careful with your security precautions but it is possible to do any of these with adequate security.
If you know only one user will be working at it at a time you can use something like DropBox, Google drive or SkyDrive but that will not work if you want more than one user at a time. Access will not be able to "combine" the changes from multiple user accessing it this way.
I'm looking into using CloudBees for some application prototyping. I am using free accounts right now, I am not paying any subscriptions at the moment.
The first step for me is to create a MySQL database to host my application's data. I've done so (and it was pretty easy!). I also use Liquibase to manage the database (I've started this work using local H2 databases for the pre-prototyping), and I've been able to construct everything as expected.
As part of checking whether liquibase created the tables, I brought up the MySQL database in NetBeans. And, it did function well. But I can also see other schemas as well as the schema I just created. They're all innocently named (test, test_6hob). But, I can see the tables and view their data.
My question is around the visibility of the data that's in the CloudBees database. Is the database created for the free accounts viewable to other people connecting to the same machine? Does this change if I use a paid account? Or is it more the nature of how the database was created? I can see other schemas (and their data) but I have no idea if other people can see mine? Is there a permissions-aspect I need to ensure I set? I've fairly ignorant with the inner-workings of MySQL.
While this is a prototype, were I to move into using CloudBees for production applications, I wouldn't want the data to be visible to anyone who happened to connect to the same database as my application. It's entirely possible that I'm missing something in this new cloud world. :)
Thanks for any info
All CloudBees MySQL databases are secured separately (although will be in shared instances unless you have a dedicated server) - they are not readable by any other account by default.
However, it is possible for the database owner to grant access to users from other accounts on that same database server if you really wanted to - even though it makes very little sense to do so (and your special user configuration will be lost during a failover).
So this is what has happened for the test databases that you can see - the database owner has opened up security on those databases / tables.
This question is probably off topic but i'll bite anyway. The database data is private to your account. Actual hardware/vm's maybe shared but the data/database is not.