IMO you should begin with the command-line client mysql and get to know the various commands such as SHOW. Import some data from somewhere and play around with SELECT and UPDATE and joins. Once you have a basic understanding of these commands, then a GUI front end will be a lot more useful, IMO. Some good ones include DB Tools, MySQLFront and mysqlyog. But these are all interactive clients. It depends on what sort of application you have in mind, as well as what OS(es) you may be running it from. If you're on Windows then Access is a great front end. If you want to do web-apps, java or php or perl or even vbscript and IIS are viable.
hth, Arthur -----Original Message----- From: Brynley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie: interfacing to MySQL? Hi all, Brand new to these parts so go easy on me! :) Right - I want to use MySQL - but doing things backward. What are you people using as a front end? I mean MySQL just sits in the background churning out stuff - but obviously the instructions have to come from somewhere. Someone suggested using Java (I want to use this using a browser over my intranet) but Java seems pretty tricky. Sorry if this is a "how-long-is-a-piece-of-string" type questions. If you need more detail just ask. All comments appreciated. Thanks for reading. Regards Brynley --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
