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mySQL question.
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:19 pm
by akimm
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?
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:23 pm
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
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:24 pm
by Burrito
'need'? no.
will it help you tremendously and save you a lot of time? yes
I'm confused as to what you 'purchased'?
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:25 pm
by akimm
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:25 pm
by tbrown1
should be pretty much there may be a couple of differences
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:27 pm
by Burrito
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:35 pm
by akimm
Alright thanks both of you.
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:54 pm
by Luke
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?
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:15 pm
by akimm
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?