OK, so now I'm understanding that you need a server set up (which I do, a local one, both the IIS and mySQL one) and then the SQL is for creating the database (my database needs right now are SUPER simple!) and then I need to connect the database to my website, right?

Is this where ASP or PHP come in? Sorry, I'm just figuring all this out, so my questions are probably sort of like 'duh!' but still, that's the stage I'm at with this stuff.

Thanks for the tips and advice!!

> It's really fun though.

> If I were you, I'd strart with asp/vbscript.
> It's much easier to learn for a beginner,
> but you have to run it from a Windows
> server.

> You can connect to mySQL from asp, it will
> run on a windows machine. You can also use
> an access database. Access might be easier
> to learn, but I think that mySQL is a better
> database. But from a programming standpoint
> they're about the same.

> But if you want to go with a linux or Unix
> environment -- like this site, you will have
> to learn something like php which may be
> more difficult for you to learn than asp.

> There is a lot of free hosting out there if
> you want to just play around with something
> small just to learn.

> But for larger sites Windows hosting is more
> expensive than Linux hosting.

> Have fun. If you have any questions, just
> let me know.