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  • vineyard_saker@yahoo.com
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    public MySql databases online?

    Hi,

    I am new to MySql and I want to practice querying by playing around a
    relatively large and complex database without having to enter all the
    data myself. Is there a publicly available MySql database on the
    internet which I could download? (the "world" database on the MySql
    website is really to simple to be useful). Of course, it would be even
    more pleasant if this database contained some interesting data.

    Many thanks in advance,

    VS

    PS: are MySql databases different depending on the system they are used
    on? I use Linux - can I download and practive with a MySQL database
    designed under Windows or Mac?

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    • steve
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      Re: public MySql databases online?

      "vineyard_saker " wrote:[color=blue]
      > Hi,
      >
      > I am new to MySql and I want to practice querying by playing
      > around a
      > relatively large and complex database without having to enter
      > all the
      > data myself. Is there a publicly available MySql database on
      > the
      > internet which I could download? (the "world" database on the
      > MySql
      > website is really to simple to be useful). Of course, it
      > would be even
      > more pleasant if this database contained some interesting
      > data.
      >
      > Many thanks in advance,
      >
      > VS
      >
      > PS: are MySql databases different depending on the system they
      > are used
      > on? I use Linux - can I download and practive with a MySQL
      > database
      > designed under Windows or Mac?[/color]

      You can run mysql under Windows, Linux (Mac I don’t know, find via
      search engine).

      Use a package to install php, phpmyadmin, mysql e.g. appserv. Saves
      you a ton of work.

      Mysql is usually used with php. So if you call it from php, you can
      easily insert many recrods to the db in a loop creating a database as
      large as you want.

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