Hi Gordon and Deborah,
I didn't have to do anything to install PhpMyAdmin locally - it just came as part of the standard package.
And I've been falsely accusing my wonderful host of not giving me access to PhpMyAdmin and I do have it on my online site: Site Administration > Server > Database.
Deborah, don't be ashamed of ignorance - nobody knows everything. I still haven't had the time to learn how do all the clever things you do with Flash.
PhpMyAdmin is rather daunting when you first look at it and I don't really understand it either. But when someone who does, gives me clear instructions as Gordon did above I manage. You can see the mdl_quizport_details table in the screenshot. (All those files on the left are called tables - took me ages to work that out.)
Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to install Moodle1.9 on a Xampp sever on Windows 7
Cheers,
Glenys