Before we can configure a datasource to hook onto, we might want to have a database first. For the following examples we are going to be using MySQL, the world's most popular Open Source database. You can download a version to match your operating system, for free, from: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/. For the following examples, we will be using MySQL Community Server.
Apart from the database server, you can also get some tools to interact with the database visually, so once you have the database downloaded and you're running (instructions for each operating system is available on the website) MySQL, you can go ahead and create a database called "railobook". For example, if you are using the command line, it is easy to connect to MySQL with the following command:
$ mysql -uroot -p
Once you enter your password, you should have a response from the server as follows:
Now that we have connected we are going to go in and create a...