Re: Creating a database

[Jonathan Duncan]

Andrew,

What you have done is correct.  A database is merely a container.  A 
container which is empty until you fill it will tables and then populate 
those tables with data.

Regards,
Jonathan Duncan


Andrew Conkling <andrewski@stripped> said:

> I am trying to host a message board through a service from
> www.phpbb.com. To install it, I need to create a blank mySQL database.
> I've perused the documentation and have not been able to figure out how.
> When I have "succeeded", it seems all that is created is an empty folder
> with the name I gave the database. Is this right? If not, how (else) can
> I create it?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Andrew
> 
> My homepage
> http://www.andrewski.fr.st
> 
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