mohd — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:55:32 +0000

yeah i know, i just need to learn the functions/commands in phpMyadmin it cant get any easier than that.

Suzanne — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:53:24 +0000

Okay, all you M-named people, go dive into a cool pool of water.

All these hot heads these days, what, you're all trying to be me?

Ironic that the initial post was by Mike! Ack!

Okay, I'm breaking the thread of snark right here:

Sams books on MySQL are quite good. Sometimes the online manual (though much better than previous incarnations when it was ONE FILE -- they told me to just ctrl-f for things. Sure, after it loaded for half an hour on dialup!) can be very helpful, but not so helpful when you don't know what you're doing.

Kevin Yank's book on PHP covers some MySQL basics and really gets you going in a sensible way. Once you do a few things, you can use the manual because you have a starting point.

I'd *highly* recommend using PHPMyAdmin to start with, not right in MySQL itself. PHPMyAdmin will help you with context, errors, and it will generate some PHP coding for you for various simple queries, which can really be illustrative in a way the manual cannot.

Mark Hensler — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:42:56 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by m3rajk
the manual put out by the company that made it is normally the best starting point.

Why am I having the hardest time to get you to use it then?

m3rajk — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:44:21 +0000

define "real"

somepeople just need a starting point. the manual put out by the company that made it is normally the best starting point.

when you need things more basic to get going well, it's often a good idea to find a course.

online tutorials are always generealized, and often miss a little things

mohd — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:36:16 +0000

you should learn to read carefully
"SQL concepts for REAL dummies."

m3rajk — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:33:28 +0000

http://wwww.mysql.com

the manual is on there.

i'm not really sure what you are looking for, but that's a good start

mohd — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:19:22 +0000

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html

it looked easy, i just got stuck on a simple part