MySQL, an open-source database company, has taken a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a controversial licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL ...

Verdict: Different databases for different needs. Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are powerful open source relational databases, but they excel in different areas, which makes each more suitable for ...

MySQL's move to begin offering parts of its namesake database as closed source only will apply only to plug-ins — such as encryption and compression — according to co-founder David Axmark.

A quick, step-by-step guide to setting up, configuring, and managing a MySQL database server on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Long a staple of open source computing, MySQL serves as the database back ...

Overview In this tell-all tutorial, Jay Greenspan, author of MySQL Weekend Crash Course and co-author of MySQL/PHP Database Applications, starts with a tour of the basics: He answers the age-old Q ...

The PHP extension for MySQL database is packaged with the PHP 5 download (see Resources). First, you need to activate the MySQL extension in the php.ini configuration file. Remove the ';' before this ...

Open source databases fall into a wide range of categories, and these are largely defined by their era of development. The earliest tools, like MySQL or PostgreSQL, emulated the commercial leaders.

Prepared Statements in PHP and MySQL. The PHP development language provides you with a "prepare ... the code is already compiled and parsed, so the database server just needs to run the code.

MySQL has been a key component of the open source software stack known as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl/Python/PHP). Mickos kicked off the annual event, which is underway this week in Santa ...

Connect to the MySQL database. The following code connects to a database server named "myserver:"mysql_connect('myserver', 'user', 'password') Retrieve a list of tables from the database.