I desperately need everyone's help. I normally build database driven websites on NT Servers with an MS Access database, using perl 5 to read/write the database.
Now I need to build a website that can handle a database with almost a gigabyte worth of images to catalog (no it's not porn). Ideally I would like to use the same method BUT the only hosts i can find that will offer that much disk space only use Unix and MySQL. I, However, have never used MySQL. I have used sql statements in the perl script to read/write the MS Access database, but i have never used MySQL. I need someone to tell me would I have to buy some software to build a MySQL database? Is there a free download that i can use to build the database? Where would I find it to download/purchase it? Is there an easy example of what statements I could use from a perl script to add, delete and read a single entry or a whole range of entries from the database? Can someone please help me? I'm desperate! Alternatively, if someone knows of a host that offers that much space and MS Access capatibility for around $10 a month that would certainly work too. Thank you everyone for your help and time in this. Sincerely, Mike "Tiny" Bailey Author of "What Have We Done? The Dragon Chronicles"
