MYSQL

        MySQL is the world's most used open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.

It is named after co-founder Michael Widenius' daughter, My. The SQL phrase stands for Structured Query Language.

The MySQL development project has made its source code available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements. MySQL was owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish company MySQL AB, now owned by Oracle Corporation.

Free-software-open source projects that require a full-featured database management system often use MySQL. For commercial use, several paid editions are available, and offer additional functionality. Applications which use MySQL databases include: TYPO3, Joomla, WordPress, phpBB, MyBB, Drupal and other software built on the LAMP software stack. MySQL is also used in many high-profile, large-scale World Wide Web products, including Wikipedia, Google, Facebook and Twitter.

Uses

MySQL is a popular choice of database for use in web applications, and is a central component of the widely used LAMP open source web application software stack LAMP is an acronym for "Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP /Perl/Python".

Features

As of April 2009, MySQL offered MySQL 5.1 in two different variants: the open source MySQL Community Server and the commercial Enterprise Server. MySQL 5.5 is offered under the same licences. They have a common code base and include the following features:

Cross-platform support Stored procedures Triggers Cursors Updatable Views Information schema The developers release monthly versions of the MySQL Server. The sources can be obtained from MySQL's website or from MySQL's Bazaar repository, both under the GPL license.