Database in Website: Resources?

Dear all,

I'm planning to introduce a database into my family website: just names,
addresses, e-mails, etc.

While in the long run I am hoping to learn how to use XML, I am assuming
that in the meantime I can use something a bit more user-friendly; however,
I'm still very unclear on how all the elements relate to each other. My
host, ipowerweb.com, supports MySQL, SQL, and PHP.

So, do I set up the database in MySQL and use SQL to have it interact with
the web site? What would you recommend, either book or web-based tutorial,
to get started with these concepts?

Or would it be smart to tackle XML now and use that--again, if so, where to
start figuring out how the XML and the CSS are used together? I have XML
Unleashed but it's taking a while to work my way through it.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Hello,

You can start with some of the resources below:

Introducing PHP and MySQL:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/

SQL Tutorials:
W3Schools:
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp

MySQL Tutorials:
http://perl.about.com/cs/mysql/

Macromedia DevNet-PHP:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/php.html

Hope this helps.


--
Regards,

Drew-MMTS



"Bonnie In Sacramento" <kroko (AT) aolNOSPAM (DOT) com> wrote

Dear all,

I'm planning to introduce a database into my family website: just names,
addresses, e-mails, etc.

While in the long run I am hoping to learn how to use XML, I am assuming
that in the meantime I can use something a bit more user-friendly;
however,
I'm still very unclear on how all the elements relate to each other. My
host, ipowerweb.com, supports MySQL, SQL, and PHP.

So, do I set up the database in MySQL and use SQL to have it interact with
the web site? What would you recommend, either book or web-based
tutorial,
to get started with these concepts?

Or would it be smart to tackle XML now and use that--again, if so, where
to
start figuring out how the XML and the CSS are used together? I have XML
Unleashed but it's taking a while to work my way through it.

Thanks in advance for any help!