If i use this in an open system but close the windows does it really end up working?

Many people have asked me for this tutorial, so here goes. For those of you who don't know, MySQL is an open-source DataBase server. Being that it's open-source, it's also free. That's about as low-cost as you can get. Of course, you may ask 'Why use MySQL'? Did you read the previous sentences?? It's free, as well as being a fairly robust database server! To be able to use MySQL, there are a couple of downloads that must be done: MySQL Itself MySQL ODBC Driver The Database Server (MySQL), itself can be downloaded here:

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