I missed the original question but here is my two cents. The solution has to do with how you define "... used as a online database". Steve Rapaport is correct if you want to create a database accessable via a browser, but if you just want a database available on the net all you need (on the server side at least) is a mysql database on an internet connected server with mysql configured to allow connections from outside.
The default mysql configuration only allows connections from clients on the same computer (localhost) however you can allow connections from selected IP addresses or any outside address. See the manual about the "GRANT" command. Then, after installing the MYODBC ODBC driver on your local computer you can use ODBC aware clients (i.e. ACCESS) to connect to your database via the internet. You must use either an ODBC compliant client program (such as Microsoft ACCESS) or a client program written with native MYSQL support. I have only done this with my own client ODBC aware apps written in Delphi. I am not recommending ACCESS (I hate it) but just mention it as a commonly available ODBC client that could be used to validate the concept (as I did). --Richard > > By the way you're using the terms, I would guess you're hoping > to make a new database, and place it "on the web". > > In that case, Mysql is probably at too low a level of > detail for your needs. To solve your problem you > would need to learn: > > HTML > CGI > middleware (ASP, PHP, etc) > MySQL > SQL > database design > > My guess is you are new to most or all of these. In this case > you would do better with one of these two prepackaged database products: > > 1. Filemaker Pro http://www.filemaker.com/ > 2. Microsoft Access 2000 (you know where) > > Both give you, to some extent, the ability to construct a > database, configure the interface, and put it on the web, > without knowing much SQL, middleware, etc. In the case of > Filemaker, you don't even need to know HTML or be artistic. > > Perhaps this helps. > > Steve Rapaport > > > > ] > ] I thought Mysql was a server that could be used as a online database? > ] If it is, is there some material I have not read that tells me how to do > ] this? > ] I understood most of the information I read about Mysql. I was under the > ] understanding sql is the way to make a online database > ] > ] Harry > ] > ] > ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ] 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
