How to start MySQL in Solaris8

Hi all, I just downloaded MySQL package from SUN website and installed it on my unix machine which runs Solaris8. How do I start MySQL in Solaris8? If I need to create a new account to start it then how do I create a new account? Thanks, David -

Datatype for comment field

I try to create a new table and setup a datatype for comment column that has about 7000 characters long. How do I define it in Oracle? **Here's my SQL and the error I got. SQL> create table test (comment varchar(7000)); ERROR ---> Character field too long Thanks, David --