If that is the case, you’ll want to make sure your databases are set up with an eye to security. Thankfully, MySQL offers a handy command that goes a very long way to improve the security of ...

I’ll work with MySQL on Ubuntu Server 18.04. Creating a database The first thing to do is to create a database. I’m going to demonstrate by creating a database called TECHREPUBLIC.

Figure 2. Connecting to the MySQL Server via PowerShell. Once the connection is made, it's always a good idea to run a simple SELECT query to ensure we can pull information from the database. I'll be ...

MySQL databases are easy to use when you are just starting out, but when your database grows (for example, after a year or so of operations) you can easily run into its limits. The most commonly ...