[nmglug] MySQL - Howto

[Andy Farnsworth]

Look into the MySQL ODBC driver and you should find that excel can 
access the data via ODBC, see the data connection information under 
Excel.  Later versions have better support for this, but look for ODBC 
DSN as your data source once you setup the database in MySQL and 
configure the MySQL ODBC connector and create a system DSN under 
Control-Panels -> Administrative Tools -> Data Source.

MySQL ODBC Connector MSI download URL: (Mind the Wrap)
http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-ODBC/3.51/mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.23-win32.msi/from/http://mysql.he.net/

Also, look into the Toad for MySQL utiltity.  The free version should do 
everything you need for the next year or so, then you might investigate 
the full featured "for pay" version.

Toad for MySQL URL:
http://www.toadsoft.com/toadmysql/Overview.htm

Andy

Tim Emerick wrote:
> I've been using MS Excel's Pivot Tables for years to analyze large chunks of data.  I'm getting to the point where my data is getting to be more lines than Excel can handle.  I'm thinking it's time to actually learn a DBMS and some SQL.  Of course I would like to go towards MySQL but it's a little intimidating.
>
> Can anybody offer some books or websites that might offer some help?  I'm not sure where I want to end up but I know that I want to eventually keep a repository of approximately 470,000 records per year and be able to generate various reports.  Mind you, I'm not a programmer in any sense of the word.  Would love if I could use Excel Pivot Tables as the reporting tool with MySQL as the back end.
>
> LAMP?  Ruby on Rails?  phpMyAdmin?  Something else?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tim
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