Get up to speed on MySQL basics with this step-by-step tutorial on how to create a database, add a table, and input data into the table. I talk a lot about server software and apps that require the ...

One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB admin, not ...

Securing your MySQL installation isn’t difficult. Find out how to easily harden MySQL with one command. Chances are, your data center depends upon a MySQL database server or two. If that is the case, ...

Nobody ever really wants to move a database, but it is a frequent necessity. Here are the most common options and when to use each one Nobody ever really wants to move a database, but it is a frequent ...

Oracle is now seeing the MySQL database user base as an opportunity, unlike two years ago, when Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said users of the open source product are not the people who would buy Oracle ...

Today marks the launch of The OurSQL Foundation, an open organisation that will support the community of users, developers, and companies that are invested in the success of MySQL. The new Foundation ...