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Excuse, please, a very basic question. With xampp now very happily - and gratefully installed (it looks brilliant) - I wonder where I work with MySQL.

In the xampp folder, I start MySQL with mysql_start. The command prompt flashes on and off.

So do I then call up the command prompt just normally and change directories till I get to MySQL, please?

Do you mean the administration tool for MySQL? Its phpMyAdmin and also comes with XAMPP.

Try http://localhost/phpmyadmin in your browser.

Hi Elko

Do you mean you do your mysql work in phpmyadmin? Queries, create tables, alters and the like, instead of in the command prompt?

Elko
I'm amazed! What a very different way to handle mysql. Thanks very much for the direction. Cheers
paul