Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:47:58 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: cinnur@comcast.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SQL Questions Message-ID: <1108118878.23699.43.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <420BF178.9010107@comcast.net> References: <420BF178.9010107@comcast.net>
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On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 18:42 -0500, Sean wrote: > I would like to install SQL here for my own use, not for any real life > currently, round now for learning. > > Right now plan to install MySQL. > Looking through the ports there is numerous version and some say for > server, some say for client. > > Looking for some tips as to what version of SQL and tools to install? > Also wondering if anyone can point me towards documentation in my > learning efforts? Hi, I suggest you install the latest production version of mysql: /usr/ports/databases/mysql41-server which will install the client too. The command line client is an excellent working environment but there are also several graphical interfaces available. Try: /usr/ports/databases/phpmyadmin for a widely used web interface. Mysql documentation can be found at: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html and there are a lot of excellent books. If you're thinking of trying web database programming and are considering using php as the language, install php5 and mysqli (mysqli[mproved]): /usr/ports/lang/php5 and /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions ticking the box for mysqli, or the extension port: /usr/ports/databases/php5-mysqli This is because php5 and mysqli can access some of the newer features in mysql 4.1 php documentation can be accessed at: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ HTH Peter.
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