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toppac
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Install help

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Hi all I am trying to install MySQL so I can get this messageboard working. I have Apache and PHP up and running and I just installed the windows version of MYSQL. My question is how do I start the server and what else do I need to do (ie make an odbc connection, make a table etc) in order to get this forum working. What do i put in the DSN field, the table name field and all that when I run the install script. Hope I made this clear, running on 4 hours of sleep, so kind of tired :)
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Have you read MySQL's install instructions:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/W/i/Windows_installation.html

Check out the tutorials on http://www.phpcomplete.com when you come to making your connections.

BTW, you're using PHP which has mysql support built in so you don't use ODBC to make a connection to the database. Instead there's a whole bunch of mysql functions.

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