Tag Archives: mysql

Installing WampServer locally

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Warren Post

WampServer is a Windows web application environment. It installs Apache, MySQL, and PHP, plus helpful utilities such as phpMyAdmin.

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Updating a MySQL installation

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Warren Post

The following presumes your MySQL installation is running on Linux, but the general concepts apply to any operating system. …

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Dropping a MySQL database

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Warren Post

Dropping (deleting) a MySQL database is easy. Here is how to do it using phpMyAdmin, a tool commonly provided by web hosts. …

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Backing up and restoring a MySQL database

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Warren Post

If you use a database, you need to back it up. More to the point, sooner or later you will need to restore it.

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Creating a MySQL database on remote web hosting

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Warren Post

Different web hosts have different methods of creating databases, which are documented here. …

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Installing MySQL locally

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Warren Post

MySQL is a popular relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses structured query language (SQL) for processing the data in the database. It is often used as part of a LAMP stack to accommodate a web application such as a … Continue reading →

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