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So I have a shared hosting for ASP.NET MVC3 and I just created a new database on Plesk.

Next I wanted to connect to database remotely using Sql Manager and I entered server name, username and password.

Everything fine so far but after I clicked on Database Name, it gave me a list of all sort of databases I never heard of.I guess those are databases of other people.

I am wondering is this normal behavior?

user850010
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  • Sometimes hosts will let you see everyone else's databases but won't let you query them. If they do, get a new host. – jrummell Aug 27 '12 at 13:10

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The permissions to hide database you don't have permissions in have side effects

So you can usually see the databases but you should have no rights at all to see any data in them, even system data. That is, there should be no login-user mapping

gbn
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    Which is why hosting services shouldn't use identifiable names for databases. – JeffO Aug 27 '12 at 16:45
  • Yes, you can see other database, but I believe you cant access other databases as you dont have the rights. :) –  Aug 28 '12 at 07:59