New To Alfresco

[kapilavasthi]

Hi Friends,
I am new to alfresco, just now I have started working on Alfresco, I have some questions, as a server I am using MySql, my doubt is related to this database, in this database(Default name IS Alfresco) there are so many tables, so if i want to enter some data in any table, how can i insert the data?
and one more thing can i modify any table(to add/remove any column etc)?
how can i add a new table to this database?
Any help will be very benificial for me.

Regards
Kapil

[pmonks]

The Alfresco database should be considered a black box - writing or, to a lesser extent, reading the Alfresco tables directly is a recipe for disaster.  Instead content should be loaded via one of the interfaces (web client, SOAP API, web scripts, CIFS / FTP / WebDAV etc.).

[mikef]

As Peter says, you should never update the database schema directly. I guess what you are really interested in is defining your own model for document types etc. See http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide for details.