Globat Tutorial - Learn how to create a MySQL database using Globat’s control panel.

Since signing up with ZipHosters.com, I got the chance to try out Plesk (a web hosting control panel) a little more. I am using Parallels’ control panel for my VPS but I didn’t try out Plesk a lot.
In this post, I’m going to show you how to create a MySQL database. I’ve already done some [...]

While less known than cPanel and Plesk, DirectAdmin is a very good hosting control panel. A few days ago, I’ve made a post on How To Create a MySQL Database Using cPanel so this time around, I’m going to show DirectAdmin users how to do the same thing.

One of the most common step in installing a web application is to create a MySQL database. And while the process may seem simple to most experienced users, a lot of people can struggle with it.
So for all the cPanel users out there who don’t know how to create a MySQL database properly, here’s how [...]

I have just stumbled upon a great article by Mike Peters of Software Projects. The articles lines out some of the ways you can fix a MySQL database.
From fixing corrupted databases, disappearing MySQL tables and bad auto_increment to some MySQL configuration tips, you will surely find some useful information that will help you out.
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Using an ODBC connection to query your MySQL database remotely can be quite useful for using third party database management softwares (like Microsoft Access) or reporting tools (like Crystal Reports).
But what exactly is ODBC?
ODBC is an abbreviation for Open Database Connectivity. It is an interface used to access databases using SQL queries (Structured Query Language).

This is finally the last post of this series on How To Install Your Own Web Server. In my last post I’ve shown you how to setup a virtual host and now we’re going to use this to install phpMyAdmin.
Of course, the purpose of this tutorial is not really to install phpMyAdmin but it’s rather [...]

In my last post of this series, I’ve shown you how to create a MySQL database using the GUI tools. In the fifth part of this tutorial, we’re now going to see how to add a virtual host.
What Is A Virtual Host?
A virtual host allows your web server to serve multiple websites from a unique [...]

Unfortunately I haven’t seen any good web hosting control panel for Apache on Windows (if you know some, leave a comment!). So that’s why we’re going to need something else to manage the MySQL server.
MySQL provides a set of GUI tools that allows you to perform such tasks as managing databases, managing database users, configuring [...]

In the third part of this tutorial, we’re now going to install PHP 5 on Windows.
In the two previous posts, we’ve seen how to install Apache and MySQL on a Windows computer so you you should already have a working web server and database server.