Completely new to MySQL

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Emper0r
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Completely new to MySQL

Post by Emper0r »

Can someone just tell me what exactly the databases are used for? Do I upload files onto them? Do they store user information? Someone please tell me!
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DuFF
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You can think of a database like a <table> in HTML, mainly because a database has rows and columns. You insert information as rows as shown in this example. Here is a visual example:
http://duffdesigns.net/db.html

You can search these rows and columns for specific information using SQL (Structured Query Language).

Heres a good starting tutorial for using databases and SQL:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Speaking-SQL-part-1/
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The tutorial I used when I learned the general SQL syntax and the such is http://www.sqlcourse.com/
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