Setting up a MySQL db

[smiffy47]

So, how's it done? I have only ventured as far a local Access type db up until now, but I now need a db "out there" that can store info submitted from a form on one of my websites. I have recently been experimenting with phpBB as a piece of open-source (free) software that taps into MySQL on my webspace, and seems to take almost all the hard work out of setting up a complex forum. It there some software that will do a similar job for me with a db? And can such a db download its data to a local db, like Access?
As you can tell I'm not very clear about how these things operate.
Many thanks

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[johnwm]

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/administrator/index.html

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[KarveR]

you need to define what your requirements are before setting up a db, then tailor the db to your requirements, based on what you know and what you think you might additionally need.

My db creation program I guarantee will be no use to you whatsoever. Each is different based on what it is for.

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