Re: very basic database questions

I can get PHP4 on request -- so I will request it.

No, I'm not comfortable with PHP.  I'm not comfortable with PHP, MySQL, or 
any aspect of databases.  I am a blank slate :-)

My needs are not complicated and at this point I'd much rather learn just 
enough to get the job done and concentrate on becoming an expert at some 
other time -- if that is possible.

Is there a WYSIWYG equivalent for databases?  I'd really like to know more 
-- but right now quick and dirty is what I need.

~Elizabeth
(BTW, this is for my own website, not a hack job for someone else)

At 07:36 AM 12/2/00 +0000, Bryan Bateman wrote:
>Lets talk more about the admin tools that the hosting environment offers.
>It is sometimes eaiser to explain with the tool at hand.
>MS Access is ok to use for protyping your tables, however there are other
>ways to accomplish your goals.
>
>Are you comfortable with PHP?  If you can get PHP4 environment do so.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mamaduckie" <mamaduckie(at)home.com>
>To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 8:05 AM
>Subject: very basic database questions
>
>
> > Please help.  I'm drowning in a sea of unknowns.
> >
> > I'd like to convert part of my site to database (away from static
> > html).  My server supports PHP3 and 4 and MySQL.  These seem like
>challenge
> > enough and I don't know if I'm up to it because I can't even seem to
>figure
> > out how to build the tables.
> >
> > MS Access has been mentioned within my hearing a few times -- but I don't
> > have the program nor the money to buy it.  Is there another, preferably
> > free, program to help me build my tables.  Do I need a program at all?
>Can
> > I build them by hand?
> >
> > Obviously I'm very ignorant on the subject.  I've read part of the SQL for
> > Dummies book.  The parts that I did understand make it all seem very
> > logical.  I think I have a bit of a handle on how to structure the tables
> > and what information I need in which tables.  But how to build them?  Am I
> > looking at this wrong?  Can it possibly be so difficult?
> >
> > Grateful for any advice or good tutorials or other sources of information.
> >
> > ~E
> >

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