help setting up very simple database

Be specific.

Exactly which tutorials? Post the URLs.

Exactly where did you encounter a problem in the tutorial? Post the specific command that didn't work.


I did a simple google search for razorSQL. Found this page:
http://www.razorsql.com/articles/sqlite_mac.html

I have to say, I'm skeptical of razorSQL's quality. There are two blatant errors on this fairly simple page:
1. The command is misspelled as: sqilte3
2. Control-Z in Mac OS X Terminal is not EOF, control-D is.
Control-Z means something completely different.

 

The way I taught myself SQL was by creating simple C++ apps that manipulated data and using this site as a reference.

 

Do you have a server to connect to? These are clients. I recommend going with MAMP and MysqlWorkbench as they are the most beginner friendly ones I can think of.

 

This seems to be the fastest way to get going:
http://www.sqlite.org/quickstart.html

sqlite3 is installed on OS/X, so you can skip the downloading and setup. Once you understand SQL commands and can make sqlite3 work you can move to a larger client/server SQL if you need to.