using a database of my website for my java application

[bigjo]

Hi,

I am new in java. I use java 1.5. I have made a game with a high-score.

In my previous live I made websites in php with a mysql database. I have still some servers where some of my websites are running. Because I have a lot of place on this server and I can make a lot of database on one server, I tought I will link the hight score of my game in java with one of this databases on a server.

My java game is installed localy on my computer and it works to make the link to the database, but the problem is that I always have to give the IP adress of the computer who want to play the game with the link to the database. Because the IP address of my computer always change, I have to give the new IP address everyday. That is not what I wanted. How can I make my game work without having to give the IP address? I heard something about apache, but I don't know what it is.

I also thought maybe make a jar of my java game and place it in the ftp of the server, but the link to the database doesn't work.

[doWhile]

Get a server that does not have a floating IP address. You can cheaply purchase shared server space with a MySQL instance from many different hosting companies.

[bigjo]

Get a server that does not have a floating IP address. You can cheaply purchase shared server space with a MySQL instance from many different hosting companies.

can you recommand some of those hosting companies?