Re: [gentoo-dev] dev-db/mysqlcc removal

[Tom Payne <twp@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:31:12AM -0500, Jeff Smelser wrote:
> On Thursday 12 August 2004 04:08 am, Tom Payne wrote:
> > Have you tried phpMyAdmin?
> >
> > emerge phpmyadmin
> >
> > It's a rather excellent webapp for managing MySQL. Needs apache+php.
> 
> Why would you require someone to install apache just it admin mysql?

I wouldn't ever *require* anyone to install apache to admin mysql. It was a
*suggestion*.

Reasons for suggesting phpMyAdmin are:

- It's a very slick tool.
- MySQL is often used as a database with Apache & PHP. Therefore is possible
  that Apache+PHP might already be installed.
- I have Apache installed on my desktop PCs normally anyhow: it's a very
  easy way to transfer files between boxes.
- It's a webapp, so the client (browser), server (apache+php) and database
  server (mysqld) can be three different computers. You might be able to use
  apache+php already installed some else.

So perhaps my response should have been:

"If you have Apache+PHP installed (or don't mind installing it) then check
out phpMyAdmin. It's a great tool for administering MySQL databases."

-- 
Tom

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