Introduction to Asp.net+mysql Concise diagram

In the ASP era, if we want to build a database-driven Web site, then you can choose to ring a lot of money in the Microsoft SQL Server database or choose to spend a lot of time to find the performance and stability of the unified Access database, but in the. NET era you have another option, that is: MySQL database

What is a MySQL database?

MySQL database is an open source database, by obtaining authorization to maintain the official source code support, while free to modify the source code, many companies and organizations have adopted this database. You will have access to the official MySQL site for this detailed information.

Download and install the first step

Like most software, the first is to get and install MySQL database software, access to the MySQL database is very simple in the http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/index.html. Free to download, this article is Mysql4.1, of course, the reader can also be under other versions, but I would recommend to the reader is the best download precompiled binary files. My operating platform is Windwos XP, so I chose a Windows version that includes the installation files, which is about 35M, so the download time is not very long unless you have a network problem.

Installation is very simple, follow the installation steps will not cause any problems, the following figure

As shown in the figure, the system will ask you if you want to configure the MySQL server at the end of the installation, and if you choose to configure the MySQL server now, the MySQL Instance Configuration Wizard will automatically run, so you will go to the next step.