where do you run database scripts/where are DBs 'located'?

[John Salerno]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
>>> But with the firewall off, everything
>>> seems to work fine.
> 
> Whatever works. But I'm having trouble imagining how a firewall would
> interfere with you accessing your own db on localhost.
> 

I don't know either. Something to do with the ports it's trying to use I 
guess.