MP-Suite is a client/server script that enables remote MySQL through an XML-RPC interface. This way, you can remotely access databases that are not remote-access enabled.
An Java JDBC compliant driver that connects to a remote database via url (http) connection, communicating through a server-side script (.asp,.php,.jsf etc). Useful if you like to access locally (java, SQuirreL, eclipse) a database on your web site.