# MySQL newbie question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mysql-newbie-question/140367>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 10, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mysql-newbie-question/140367 "2005-03-10T14:22:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MyDNA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MyDNA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MyDNA)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mysql-newbie-question/140367/1 "2005-03-10T14:22:20Z")

</div>

I just started learning MySQL a little and i have a little question.

Is it true that for my own website 1 database is enough?

Just for everything like a guestbook and a shoutbox etc. i have to make another table? Is that correct or am i tottally wrong?

Another one my server haves MySQL and thats the way i want to work now  
While learning i downloaded a flash guestbook for mySQL and the PHP script starts with:

$DBhost = “localhost”; // Database Server  
$DBuser = “root”; // Database User  
$DBpass = “”; // Database Pass  
$DBName = “turorials”; // Database Name  
$table = “guestbook”; // Database Table

what do i have to fill in if i have an external mySQL browser? The name of my website which is combined with my MySQL database?

Thank you

Jos Koomen  
Hoorn, The Netherlands