[mv] MySql and Minivend

[Eric Paul <epaul@spellbook.net>]

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My client's database is eventually going to grow bigger than can be sanely 
handled using ASCII database files.  I downloaded the latest stable version 
of MySql and installed it on my server.  I'm in the process of reading thru 
the HUGE doc files for MySql and getting overwhelmed.  I know a little bit 
about basic SQL commands from interfacing some M$ products, but this is a 
bit over my head.  Can anyone point me in the direction of some good 
beginning tutorials (books or web pages are fine) on learning MySql and how 
to easily integrate it with Minivend.  I read the SQL section of the 
Minivend docs, and it seems straightforward once I have all the tables 
setup, but I'm not really sure how to get to that point.  The MySql docs 
seem to deal with database entry thru the console-based module, and I can't 
believe that this is how people really do things.  Seems a bit back-assward 
to have to enter all your items in a command line proggie just to get your 
multi-thousand item database set up :P

I know these questions are really newbie-ish, and I apologize for my SQL 
ignorance in advance.

Eric
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Eric Paul
SpellBook Systems
http://www.spellbook.net
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