On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 08:30, David Fleming wrote:
> (newbie question)
> 
> Our web host provides one (1) MySQL database for our account, and
> phpmyadmin as the admin interface. We don't have privileges to create
> a new database. We would like to install 2 or 3 unrelated applications
> that will utilize the database (forum, image gallery, product
> catalog). 
> 
> Is the fact that we can't create a separate database for each
> application going to be a problem? As long as there's no duplication
> of table names, can multiple applications safely use a single
> database?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> -- 
> David Fleming
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

If multiple databases are not an option, quite a few applications
(phpbb, oscommerce, etc) support installations with prefixed table names
(IE phpbb_thistable, phpbb_thattable)

Dan Vande More


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