Recently, I was tasked to add a MySQL database GUI for a client and came up against an issue where the database server wasn’t properly configured to accept remote connections.

If you manage a database server, you are probably always in search of a tool to make that process a bit easier. If your database of choice is MySQL, you have a number of options.

We are developing a VB6 application that uses MySQL as it's database. The tables are InnoDB. How do we check to see if a record/table is locked before we do a SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE ...

MySQL Server and components. When you choose a full MySQL install on Windows, the following components will be installed: The MySQL Server -- the core of the database. MySQL Workbench to view your ...

To learn how to securely deploy MySQL servers and close the security gaps that might lurk in your systems, Shadow Server recommends admins read this guide for version 5.7 or this one for version 8.0.