How do I use phpMyAdmin?
Click “MySQL Databases” icon. You can see a 2-minute Flash tutorial about how to do this HERE. Then go down to the phpMyAdmin link at the bottom of the MySQL Databases page. This will take you to the phpMyAdmin interface where you can work with your MySQL database/s. To see the tutorial of “How to manage database with PHPMyAdmin” click HERE NOTE: You should know something about MySQL or other relational databases before you try to work with phpMyAdmin. phpMyAdmin does not stop the user from entering incorrect syntax, therefore it will accept a line like the one below even though it is incorrect: Bad: ALTER TABLE bmt_userinfo ADD first_name TEXT (25) not null , ADD last_name TEXT (25) not null , ADD address1 TEXT (100) not null , ADD address2 TEXT (100) not null , ADD city TEXT (30) not null; However the same line minus the text length does work: Good: ALTER TABLE bmt_userinfo ADD first_name TEXT not null , ADD last_name TEXT not null , ADD address1 TEXT not null , ADD address2 TEXT not
