OK so this is way off-topic but I thought I’d ask anyways. Way back SUN had free online JAVA training together with the paid certification. Oracle went and bought SUN, and you still get free JAVA training directly from the official JAVA site. So then why can’t I find a similar thing for MySQL on Oracle’s site or am I just not looking in the right place? I do see the paid certification route for MySQL on Oracle’s site. But where’s the free stuff if any? Can anybody perhaps point me in another direction? I want to setup databases and tables from scratch like you can with Microsoft Access, but I dont have a clue how to do the same in MySQL or where to begin even. It’s for a webapp and I’ll be using PHP to connect, retreive and enter data into my MySQL database. But before that, I have to design my database 1st. Any pointers?
did you try SQL Tutorial
find a web tutorial on mysql/php, there’s hundreds - or get a book on beginning php and mysql
you need to deal with both..
an oracle mysql tut would be very specialised (and the official mysql documentation is not easy to digest)
first step : set up a webserver on your own pc for testing : xampp is the least hassle
tip:
set up some very long renders first
then after it all takes 20 times longer than you expect, you can cheer yourself up that at least the renders are done
I can recommend http://www.youtube.com/user/phpacademy?blend=1&ob=4 he got tuts on both php and mysql.
/Thomas
Thanks this one also looks good
(I’ve already been looking at w3schools)
Keep 'em coming