One of the things I'd like to do at the beginning is download the DMOZ files to set up a database. I don't want to run the whole directory! - just a portion of it, which I seriously doubt would exceed 50,000 links at it's most bloated.

Andy, can you give me the Dummies version of how I would do this with Links SQL, or point me to a good step-by-step instructional somewhere else?

Thanks!