Published October 29th, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran
Doing more with phpMyAdmin
DevShed introduces us to phpMyAdmin, a web based admin tool for MySQL databases. After a some quick installation instructions, the article digs into some more advanced phpMyAdmin.
But what about MySQL? Does MySQL come with any GUI-based tools to speed up development? Is there a way for SQL newbies to work with a MySQL database without getting into the nitty-gritty of SQL syntax? What about for developers to easily interact with and manipulate a MySQL database or table, obtain E-R diagrams of table relationships and page through the contents of a table without having to resort to the command prompt? Or for administrators to quickly and easily assign user privileges and track down and kill rogue processes?