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Date:  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:08:08 -0400
From:  "Richard C. Barker Sr." <rc (at mark) probass.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:14106] Re: MySQL Database Setup Interface
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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RC

Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote:
> Abdul-Rashid Abdullah wrote:
>> Every so often I get someone who has used a different interface other 
>> than
>> BlueQuartz and they whine about the lack of the ability to setup a MySQL
>> database.
>>
>> So, the question is how are others dealing with this right now and 
>> perhaps
>> will there be a capability for a user to do this through the 
>> interface in
>> the future?
>>
>> Is there a third-party app to support this?
>
> We deal with this all the time, and integrated MySQL interface is 
> something that I've been advocating / begging for in various ways for 
> a long time.   In my mind, this is BQ's biggest shortcoming in 
> comparison with the commercial control panels from an end-user 
> standpoint. Anytime somebody wants to set up a new 
> Joomla/Drupal/Wordpress/phpBB/you name it site they need to set up a 
> MySQL database as part of that procedure.
>
> I think this stems from the original days of the Cobalt interface, 
> when sites tended to be static HTML, and MySQL, while available on the 
> server, was not considered to be an integral part of the server or its 
> management.  A lot has changed since those days!
>
> What we have been doing is set up a default MySQL database for a new 
> customer signup, using the same username and password they select as 
> their primary email/FTP account.   We name the database the same as 
> their domain but replace the . with a _ character (MySQL requires 
> this).   Then at least they will have a default database available, 
> and they can, if they choose, set up multiple applications with the 
> use of unique table names.
>
> If a customer requests another database be set up for them, we handle 
> that via our ticket system with them.   But still, it requires us to 
> manually intervene.
>

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