Anyway to get your own MySQL base on your own comp?

[fat_bob]

Hi there!
Im sort of new to the "SQL" world, I have tried to host local servers (such as EasyPhp). But now I want to have a "real" server since I want to use it for a website of mine. Is there any good and easy database that I can use for this. Cause EasyPHP didnt seam to be able to do this....Could I use MySQL query and Administrator insteed to host a databas server on my own computer, or do you have any good ideas?
Please if you have an ideas or something, then link me a tutorial or a manual or whats so ever, so I know how to config the server/database.

//Thanks! :)

[chazzy]

i'm confused by your post. you say that you both do and don't want a server running on your computer. which is it? what are you looking for?

[fat_bob]

I want to host a MySQL database from my own computer, thats not local(such as EasyPHP,which is local)

[aussie girl]

So you want to host MySQL and your website on your computer and allow the public to have access to it, is that right?

[chazzy]

i'm still confused. you want the database to be accessible via the internet? if so you'd need to configure your router/switch/network handling device to allow this. I'm not sure what EasyPHP is, i'm assuming it's a bundle of apache and php. i'm still not sure what you mean by local though.. is it just that you don't know how to make it so that others on the internet can view your website...?

[fat_bob]

Ok, well im going to be very clear this time. Forget all I have said above and such.

What I want to do is to put up a site "live", which means I want to have a Internet site which other people can use and see by typing www.(mydomain).com, for example. The site is build with PHP and requires a database. And I want to have a database that runs on my own computer and that I can use for my PHP site....
If you dont know what I mean now, then I have no idea about how I should explain it.

[chazzy]

But why exactly do you want the mysql server to run on your own computer? Most web hosts provide you with a mysql database to use. running it on your home computer can put a huge strain on the machine that's not necessary.

[aussie girl]

Here's a little info
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_host_my_own_web_site.html

[fat_bob]

But why exactly do you want the mysql server to run on your own computer? Most web hosts provide you with a mysql database to use. running it on your home computer can put a huge strain on the machine that's not necessary.

Because I have a already running PHP site that runs on my computer, but I want to use some MySQL database stuffs to my site aswell, such as a phpBB2 forum. But I dont want to pay for a host.
So any ideas how I can get a database that runs on my computer?

[chazzy]

Then just install it.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

[rimian]

dude... get yourself an old box and run linux. a pentium 3 will do it. download ubuntu, ferdora or suse or whatever and you've got yourself a server. forget windows.