Databases Listed In Cpanel

[Mission]

I see 4 databases listed in the lower righthand corner of my Cpanel page: MySQL, phpMyAdmin, PostgreSQL, and & phpPgAdmin.

 

What are those used for? I keep seeing statements from people with radio stations like mine saying they use databases on their web hosts. I have no idea how to use a database located on my TCH server.

 

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[TweezerMan]

MySQL and PostgreSQL are different types database engines. phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin are browser-based database administration tools (phpMyAdmin for MySQL databases, phpPgAdmin for PostgreSQL databases).

 

Databases allow you to store information in an organized manner that can be retrieved later. With access to a database on your hosting account, scripts in your account can store and add information to a database that can be later retrieved (by the same script or a different script).

 

My web site is primarily a weblog, and the posts I write, the comments that are submitted by visitors, the templates for how the weblog pages are displayed, and many settings for how Movable Type works is stored in a MySQL database.

 

In order for you to use a database, you'd need a script that has been written to make use of a database - one that you've downloaded from someplace on the internet or one that you've written yourself.

[Mission]

Thanks, David!

 

I'll have to check around to see how I can put 'em to use. It's a shame to have great features that I don't even know how to use. My phpBB forum is utilizing one, but I had no idea how that was implemented or established.

 

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[stevevan]

I'll have to check around to see how I can put 'em to use. It's a shame to have great features that I don't even know how to use. My phpBB forum is utilizing one, but I had no idea how that was implemented or established.

It was implemented when you installed phpBB.