A database is an essential part of most websites. MySQL is a popular open source database system that uses SQL and has APIs to develop software. It is a relational database that can handle large amounts of data securely and efficiently.
2. A database is an essential part of most websites.
From simple blogs to e-commerce websites,
everything is being driven by a database.
3. • The most popular open source database system
• Uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to manipulate
information inside the database
• Free, very dependable and fast
• It has several application programming interfaces (APIs)
• Easy to use to develop software or applications
4. • Relational Database System
• A client/server system
• Able to handle tens of thousands of tables and
billions of rows of data
• Executes very fast joins using an optimized
nested-loop join
• A privilege and password system that is very
flexible and secure, and enables host-based
verification
• All data is saved in the chosen character set
5. 1. Official MySQL installation package – MySQL official
website has different prebuilt packages available for
different platforms.
2. XAMPP package – This is the easiest way to install a
complete MySQL-base development setup. It includes
Apache web server, MySQL, PHP and Perl.