Installing mysqlwdb quickly =========================== For more detailed instructions, please read the INSTALL document that you should find along with the program. To configure and to install mysqlwdb on your system, please follow these instructions: 1) Edit mysqlwdb.pl and -------------------- a) change the first line to reflect the path to Perl on your system. Typical paths are: 1) #!/usr/bin/perl 2) #!/usr/local/bin/perl 3) #!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe b) The default behaviour of mysqlwdb is to be prompted for the login to a MySQL server. If you want to manage MySQL databases in a custom manner: b1) set $custom_configuration variable to 1 b2) change the entries: host , port , database , user , password , db_description according to you needs. E.g. host => "localhost", port => "3306", #3306 is the standard MySQL port database => "test", user => "root", password => "****", db_description => "Database for test" c) If you want to manage login user(s) for mysqlwdb, please: a) remove all # between the %LOGIN string and the ")" (e.g. #"user1" => "pwd1",) b) change the user(s) id and password according to your needs c) set $login_prompt variable to 1 2) Put mysqlwdb.pl in your cgi-bin and make sure it is executable. --------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Be sure that your web server can execute .pl type files. -------------------------------------------------------- 4) Call the script using a web browser. ------------------------------------