Mike,
It appears you are thinking a DB is a physical thing like a static webpage. It is physical in that it resides on your file system, however it is not like a static webpage.
Take a look at these tutorials
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/tutorial.html. They should help you understand the what and how of databases, specifically MySql.
Here is some PHP info on how to work with MySql databases
http://www.php.net/manual/en/set.mysqlinfo.php.
I would recommend understanding the basics before trying to install Joomla on your local LAMP install.
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Keith Smith
--- On Tue, 2/26/13, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: joomla
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 12:27 AM
I was thinking..... Do you need to create a new database for every new website? If so I think I need to chown the database or maybe add it to a group.:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
why is it asking for database info?! oh bother.well I tried to create a database but this is the error it gives:
An error occurred while trying to create the database onlineworkfinder.us.
The user may not have enough privileges to create a database. The required database may need to be created separately before you can install Joomla!.
So please, what do I need to do. Should I chown something? If so, what?:-)~MIKE~(-:
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