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mySQL question.

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I just purchased a DB for my websites server in order to teach myself mysql, what I am wondering is, will I need phpMyAdmin or another frontend program to use my DB's. Or can I just do all the coding in php?
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Post by tbrown1 »

Well you can do all the coding in php but PHPMYADMIN is very very very very very helpful fro administering the database and it's free
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'need'? no.

will it help you tremendously and save you a lot of time? yes

I'm confused as to what you 'purchased'?
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Ok, I looked up installation steps, would they be the same for all versions, the steps were for 2.6 version, they apparently have a working 2.9.
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should be pretty much there may be a couple of differences
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I assume you mean for phpMyAdmin?

all you need to do is copy the files to a web folder and modify config.inc.php to your settings.

in new(er) versions, config.inc.php is not included in the root folder so you have to dig a bit to find it, modify it, then copy it to the root.
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Alright thanks both of you.
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Burrito wrote:I'm confused as to what you 'purchased'?
Probably paid for his host to install it... I'd imagine.

Is that the case, akimm?
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Actually, my old wrestling coach has many websites hosted with this company, he knew I was interested in getting some space. He talked to the company making the argument of how many websites he has with them, asking if they'd give me this space. It worked, it came with mysql, last time I tried to use it, there was some weird errors. I called the company and they didn't help so much.

I'm going to attempt this again, hopefully this time i'll be more successful!

A question though, the max space for the DB is 25mb. Can I use each table in the DB to place different things, so long as they're under 25mbs? Or can you populate one DB with only one sort of info?
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