Hi David, On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 22:38 +1100, David Bowskill wrote: > Hello All > > I have the need to construct a database for a voluntary association and > wish to use MySQL Query Browser and/or phpMyAdmin.
Depending on their requirements it might be easier to find an existing webapp which does 80% of what and they can use that. Designing databases and building the administration code can be a large undertaking. > I am very new to all this stuff. > > MySQL Query Browser and phpMyAdmin both open up OK but ask for : > > Server Host Name - is this 'localhost '? In the case of phpmyadmin it should be. If you are running query browser on another machine it won't be and you will also need to change your mysql configuration to handle this. > > User Name - I don't remember setting one - is there a way I can change > this to what I want ? > > Password - Again, I don't remember setting one - is there also a way I > can change this to what I want ? You would have been prompted for the root password during the installation of mysql. As you are just starting out you can probably purge the package (and any data) and reinstall it, this time make a note of the password :) Run the following 2 commands: sudo apt-get --purge remove mysql-server-core-5.1 sudo apt-get install mysql-server Note: do not do this if you have real data in your database that you can't replace/reimport. Then you should be right to go again. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au