Oscommerce manual

It is recommended that you play around a bit to familiarize yourself with everything. Chapter 3 will be useful in this regard, as it will paint a picture of how everything works together behind the scenes. As part of that, we will take a very brief high-level view of how the MySQL relational database management system works. Don’t worry; it won’t be a total bore, and you will be a far more formidable osCommerce developer once you have a solid grasp of your software.
You might also wish to take a quick look over Chapter 10 on Tools, Tips and Tricks because it highlights the use of the phpMyAdmin tool, which can be used to make the task of administering your MySQL database a breeze. For now, though, our MySQL requirements are pretty basic, and using the MySQL command line client, as we have done, is a useful tool for learning MySQL, so we need not worry about downloading and using it just yet.