title: How to unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'"
body: <p>I was trying to connect to a remote mysql server,i was not able to connect to it as a result of which connection through my host IP address is blocked.</p>
  
  <p>This is the exception that i am getting
  java.sql.SQLException: Data source rejected establishment of connection,  message from server: "Host 'xyz' is blocked because of many connection errors; unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'"</p>
  
  <p>How do i use mysqladmin flush-hosts i am not able to understand.Where do i write it.Is it in the command prompt.Can anyone guide me.</p>