Module development and code questions

Hello All,

I'm New to Drupal, and trying to install the image module and image assist.

In the directions, it says to "Upload the img_assist.mysql using phpMyAdmin. However, I cannot find this in the unzipped files for image_assist.

Suggestions?

Just wondering if Drupal has any helper APIs that would ease getting a file and other data our of an HTTP POST coming from a Java Applet (not a form). Does the upload.module allow me to make an api call that would get the file from the HTTP POST, and store it into a temp directory for further processing?

Is there any way how I can catch "Request new password" action (user/password) in my own module without hacking into user.module?.. I checked all available user module hooks and can't seem to find anything suitable. Any idea?

I am doing a php tutorial and cannot get it work. I am wondering if the functionality I'm trying out cannot work with Drupal.

I am working my way through a book which teaches php programming. I am typing in a program for a children's game called pig latin program which lets the user input a phrase such as "bears in there" and turn it into "earsbay inway heretay."

I posted this over on the CiviCRM site after doing searches there, and was hoping someone here might have more of a clue than I do.

Drupal 4.7.0
MySQL 5.0.18 / 5.0.1.6 client
PHP 4.4.2
CiviCRM 1.4

Trying to set up a brand-new Drupal 4.7 & CiviCRM 1.4 instance. I've followed the steps exactly so far as I can tell, but I get the following error when I attempt to activate CiviCRM in Drupal I get:

Description

create table {node_bm} (
        vid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
        nid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
        xyid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
        foo varchar(32),
        primary key (vid,nid),
        key xyid(xyid)
);
create table {node_xy} (
        vid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
        nid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
        foo varchar(32),
        primary key (vid,nid)
);

xyid is a reference to other node type node_xy's nid;