I emphasize using PhPMyAdmin to learn and administer MySQL, you can do all but the most involved of tasks with it.
Email me if you need help setting it up, you will need to have PHP support on your machine though. Julian > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Tim Legant > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 1:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: TMDA with MySQL > > > Robin Lynn Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Here comes the hard part. I know nothing about MySQL. Is > there some kind of > > howto that would understandable by the clinically brain-dead, > like me? I > > looked at the documentation on the tmda site and it doesn't look too > > difficult. > > The tutorial at > > http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Tutorial.html > > looks decent, particularly with regard to creating databases and > tables. For a "gentle introduction to SQL", see > > http://sqlzoo.net/ > > Note: I've not read either of these. I just Googled and glanced > through the list for something relevant. > > I recommend that you get comfortable with MySQL administration and SQL > syntax this week and wait for TMDA 0.81 to be released. With 0.81 > comes SQL support for any SQL database with a Python DB API 2.0 > module, using the {from,to}-sql rules in the filters. With the new > rules, the schema of your database is not restricted, i.e., your > columns don't have to be called 'ADDRESS' and 'ACTION' and you don't > need to have a table for each user. > > Also, there are two new configuration variables, DB_BARE_APPEND and > DB_CONFIRM_APPEND, that can be set to a SQL INSERT statement to update > your database just like BARE_APPEND and CONFIRM_APPEND update local > text files. > > > Tim > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users > > _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
