WHAT IS A MySQL DATABASE ?
A MySQL database is just a useful way to store and order a lot of information. “Databases are most useful when it comes to storing information that fits into logical categories. For example, say that you wanted to store information of all the employees in a company. With a database you can group different parts of your business into separate tables to help store your information logically. Example tables might be: Employees, Supervisors, and Customers. Each table would then contain columns specific to these three areas.”

Utilizing a MySQL Database with PHP adds functionality that will let us create Web Applications, such as BLOGS and Social Networking Sites ( re: Facebook, Myspace etc) . Think of a site with a lot of searchable information such as CNN, The NYTIMES or PITCH- FORKMEDIA. Guaranteed they all use some form of Database structure.

FIRST STEP - CREATING DATABASE & TABLES
Go to your start Menu and look for ALL PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > COMMAND PROMPT.
You will get a little black window like this: Here is where we will type our commands to create the database etc

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