public MySql databases online?

[vineyard_saker]

Hi,

I am new to MySql and I want to practice querying by playing around a
relatively large and complex database without having to enter all the
data myself. Is there a publicly available MySql database on the
internet which I could download? (the "world" database on the MySql
website is really to simple to be useful). Of course, it would be even
more pleasant if this database contained some interesting data.

Many thanks in advance,

VS

PS: are MySql databases different depending on the system they are used
on? I use Linux - can I download and practive with a MySQL database
designed under Windows or Mac?

[steve]

"vineyard_saker " wrote:

Hi,

I am new to MySql and I want to practice querying by playing
around a
relatively large and complex database without having to enter
all the
data myself. Is there a publicly available MySql database on
the
internet which I could download? (the "world" database on the
MySql
website is really to simple to be useful). Of course, it
would be even
more pleasant if this database contained some interesting
data.

Many thanks in advance,

VS

PS: are MySql databases different depending on the system they
are used
on? I use Linux - can I download and practive with a MySQL
database
designed under Windows or Mac?

You can run mysql under Windows, Linux (Mac I don’t know, find via
search engine).

Use a package to install php, phpmyadmin, mysql e.g. appserv. Saves
you a ton of work.

Mysql is usually used with php. So if you call it from php, you can
easily insert many recrods to the db in a loop creating a database as
large as you want.

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