Steve, The first thing I'd advise you to do is to check out PHP for showing the data. It's a language similar to Perl and it's perfecdtly matched for MySQL (you'll see a lot of sites using a MySQL/Apache/PHP combination). check it out at http://www.php.net I also have a large ebook on MySQL/PHP development if you want it (about 7MB).
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Snyder [mailto:swsnyder@;insightbb.com] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 6:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Total newbie asking for guidance Hello. I am starting a project that requires a simple database for use as a back-end to a web-accessible look-up facility. When I say "simple" I mean that the data is static and that the queries are done on single keys. The catch is that I have zero experience in any kind of database work. I have been doing software development for 20 years and am proficient in several programming languages but have never had the occasion to do any database programming. I've got some latitude as to what tools are use to achieve this web-accessible database goal, so I'm going with Apache + MySQL in a Linux (Red Hat 7.3) environment. (Cost is a high priority as this is being done for a poverty-stricken non-profit.) I'm very familiar with Linux, somewhat familiar with Apache (v1.3.x) and have no experience whatsoever with MySQL. Would some kind soul(s) please suggest books and/or websites for the MySQL newbie? I've perused the book list at www.mysql.com, but don't have a feel for the experience level that these books are oriented toward. Any pointers that you could provide to this beginner would be very appreciated. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
