From: ben baka <brainychip@...>
Date: 2008-07-02T20:27:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Database stuff!

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Ah,
    If it is Mysql or *sql then i think that after you have tried them you
get yourself aquainted with ActiveRecord. Atleast from where i stand it
makes working with databases like Mysql a breeze.Try it.


On 6/30/08, Justin To <tekmc@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know this is a Ruby forum, but it has been the most helpful to me in
> my attempt at learning to program and what not.
>
> I want to use MySQL and SQL in conjunction with Ruby.
>
> Basically, I'm totally lost with the database stuff. I installed MySQL,
> but have no clue where to go from there.
> 1. Is the database already setup after installing, if not, how do I set
> it up? Also, from what I've read, SQL is a programming language used to
> manipulate a database. Where's a good beginner's tutorial for this?
> 2. Where do I write SQL? Is there any SQL-specific editor to do this?
>
> I've been working on parsing some .CSV file to capture some basic
> statistics about it. Now, I want to send these statistics into a
> database to store so I can compare multiple .CSV files later on.
>
> Any help is appreciated. Like I said, I'm totally new to databases and
> just need to kick start.
>
> Thanks!
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>
>


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