Need help setting up MySQL database

[Rick]

Okay...Xper basically set up my invision board on my site so I have no clue how to set up a new database for a chat client I want to add. Can someone please help me out with this? I have tried the tutorials and they just look like darn greek to me! But I would appreciate it if somebody actually showed me what to do.

Rick

[Blackwar]

I am guessing you are using a mysql database system...

well, the easiest way is to get a database management software package

like PHPMyAdmin

(Freeware,Open Source) , read the instructions on how to install that on

your server (basically editing a config file and uploading the files to your server..., also , make sure when editing the config file of phpmyadmin, that you set the auth-type to "Cookie" so that only the ones who know the password can get in, otherwise, everyone who knows the url to phpmyadmin can go right in..)

After you have set that up, at the entry screen, you will see a textbox

asking you to enter a name for a new database name, when you enter the

name and click on "add database" or "Submit" button, whichever applies, it

should add the database for you , and should be ready to use

Also, i want to point out that most web hosts have phpMyAdmin pre

installed on their servers so that it is easier for their users to manage...

Be sure to check that, because if they already have that, then you are

saved from all the work, all you need to do is log in there and add a db

thru there (which is very easy as i explained )

Let me know how it goes,

Blackwar

[Rick]

at the entry screen, you will see a textbox

asking you to enter a name for a new database name, when you enter the

name and click on "add database" or "Submit" button, whichever applies, it

There is no textbox there. That is what I have looked for before and nothing. Keep in mind that I already have one database set up. My ISP says that I can make another free.

Plus, my ISP does have PHPmyadmin installed on their server...that is what I look at to add the database.

Rick

[Rick]

NM...my host support center added the database for me. I guess I will just have to be in the dark to this database stuff for awhile. Who cares...that's why I have good buds to help me out! LOL

Rick

[Blackwar]

hm, that is weird...

you should be able to do it thru your phpmyadmin, on the first page you see..

here is a screenshot of what i mean

http://blackwar2.netfirms.com/pmass.jpg

hope this helps out a bit...