new to databases. need direction.

hi, i was just wondering where to start with adding a simple database to my website. i was thinking to have like a tab or comma delimited file (like .cvs) that the site gets it's info from.

i'm planning to have a 'list' of my music cds, with info on tracks, lyrics and cover art for each artist. i wanted to just display basic info in a table, with the album title linked to it's extra info.

can anyone tell me what it is that i need to read up on (php? c++? javascript? asp? i'd like to keep it as basic as possible, though...) and specifically which area of that lanuage i need to concentrate on to make this work?

failing a simple solution i'll just manually create an html table with the info in it, but i'd like to make it easy to update, which i think would work if the site could generate these tables + content drawing from the info in the most recently uploaded cvs file....

can anyone steer me in the right direction?

thanks,
wiklendt.

i suggest u read up on apache, mysql, php :)

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i was thinking to have like a tab or comma delimited file (like .cvs) that the site gets it's info from.

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Possible, but not as efficient or as simple as a true SQL server. As jr_yeo says, the most common setup for a dynamic, database-driven site is one known as LAMP -- Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
There is a tutorial here.

if ur not familiar with Linux, u could also try WAMP -- Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP :)

hey thanks guys!! i'll get into reading about WAMP asap. and i'm sure LAMP isn't TOOOOOO different, so thanks for the link - i've already bookmarked it! ;-)

you'll be sure to hear from me again! LOL ;-)

Oh, and i did realise that i misspelt "csv" as "cvs" in my original post.... silly me! LOL

Actually, the setup portion of that tutorial deals with Windows. As you say, though, after setup, little differs between platforms.

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little differs between platforms

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i agree :p

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you'll be sure to hear from me again

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sure :) no prob :)