I am a student and am developing my knowledge of MySQL and am practicing using it as a backend for some of my apps. I can run MySql on my laptop (Windows XP Pro) and use my apps referring to the local host. We have a wireless network in our home and I am about to get my big compuer back up and running. When I get it up, it will have Windows XP Pro on it. I am planning on installing MySql on it and practice using it more in a network environment. Now my question(s) are: How do I "share" MySQL from my main computer so that my apps can access it and instead of using localhost to get to it how will I refer to it?
Thanks,
Chester