MySQL is a free, open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL). DO NOT USE this tag for other DBs such as SQL Server, SQLite etc. These are different DBs which all use SQL to manage the data.
MySQL is an Open Source RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. Its source code is available under the GNU (General Public License). MySQL was acquired by Oracle in 2009.
MySQL offers standard database driver connectivity for using MySQL with applications and tools that are compatible with industry standards ODBC and JDBC.
How to ask a good and answerable question
Please see this post: Tips for asking a good Structured Query Language (SQL) question to get tips on how to ask a question about MySQL. Following some of these steps will help people to help you solve your problem.
Minimal, verifiable, and complete examples (MVCEs) help the Stack Overflow community give good answers. Please read Why should I provide an MVCE for a simple SQL query.
Officially it is
/maɪˌɛskjuːˈɛl/ ("My S-Q-L"), but is often pronounced
/maɪˈsiːkwəl/ ("My Sequel").
Latest Version: 8.0.13 released on 2018-10-22.
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- Official homepage
- Official blog
- MySQL Forums
- MySQL Developer Zone
- MySQL documentation
- Planet MySQL
- SQL Fiddle
- PHP MySQL Documentation
- Hidden Features of MySQL
- Best way to prevent SQL injection in PHP?
- How to do a regular expression replace in MySQL?
- How do you set a default value for a MySQL Datetime column?
Popular administration tools
- mariadb (fork of MySQL)
- mysqli (connector for PHP)