How do I connect ColdFusion Admin to MySQL

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I have CF8 working now and I can render CF code but I am having trouble getting 
CF8
 on my MacBook Pro to talk to a MySQL database.

 In the CF Administrator when I choose a datasource I choose a MySQL datbase 
name
 and select the MySQL driver 4/5  --- then what do I do.

 What folder do I put my MySQL database in? What path do I enter?
 I am so in the dark on this (because I've never done this in my life).

 I'm not worried about the cfquerey code what is frustarting is how do I
 connect CF Administrator Datasource selector to a MySQL database.

 It seems like it should be so simple.

 1. I am new to MySQL so I don't even know where the database I create in MySQL 
is.
 I type in pwd and that doesn't work in MySQL.

 2. Is there a web page that shows the process of selecting a database in MySQL 
and connecting
 to it through the CF Administrator. I get weird error messages when I try to 
submit a MySQL
 database.

 Blake:disgust;