MySQL

MySQL is a database system used by many websites on the Internet. It is based on SQL. Many ways of doing things in SQL are similar in MySQL. The data is structured in tables in MySQL. To extract data from the tables, queries are used. 

For example:

SELECT id_number

FROM main_database

WHERE name='John' 

This query will return the 'id_number' of the person named 'John' from the table named 'main_database'.

 History 

MySQL was first released in May 1995 and a Windows version was released in January 1998. The latest version (5.6.11) was released in April 2013.

 Compatibility 

MySQL is compatible with many major programming languages. The most common one is PHP. An ODBC interface (called MyODBC) has been made so that users of Microsoft's ASP language can use MySQL.

 Major users 

Some of the largest MySQL users on the internet include:

 AppleApple's Xserve uses MySQL
 Amazon.com
 Digg
 Google

Many PHP scripts also use MySQL. These include:

 WordPress
 phpBB
 MediaWiki - the software behind Wikipedia

Related pages
 PHP

 Notes 

Category:Free software
Category:Databases
Category:Sun Microsystems software
Category:Oracle software
Category:Cross-platform software