(Nicholas Chase and Tyler Anderson) This tutorial is Part 1 of a three-part series that takes you from the most basic PHP script to working with databases and streaming from the file system by documenting the building of a document workflow system. In this part, we look at the basics of building a P

(edmon) I wanted to share this Python routine that demonstrates how to connect to MySQL from Python. I use it for semantic web application.

(Clint Boulton) Sun Microsystems is freeing up code from its Java System Access Manager software to let programmers create single sign-on over the Internet.

(Ian Gilfillan) For a number of years Ian Barwick has maintained an excellent page called MySQL Gotchas. These are MySQL features, which do not work as expected according to either the SQL standard, or the way other common relational databases would do things. I have been sent the link to this page

(Larry Greenemeier) As I wrapped up a story last week on the emergence of a new breed of open-source applications and the startup companies looking to cash in on them, I finally tracked down a source I’d been trying to reach for weeks: Sara Garrison, Visa USA’s senior VP of technology development fo

(Russell Dyer) By embedding the MySQL server library in MySQL applications, MySQL doesn’t have to be installed on the end user’s computer. It’s particularly useful with small devices and public kiosks. The embedded MySQL server also has the advantage of running faster with MySQL applications sin

(Vance McCarthy) ActiveGrid Inc.’s campaign for helping Open Source LAMP-based tools and platforms to play a growing role in enterprise app development is getting a boost from some of the biggest names in LAMP, including Red Hat and Novell (Linux), Covalent (Apache), MySQL AB (MySQL), and Zend (PHP

In this report, the META Group says that as the competition for open source heats up, it is the support (e.g., technical, implementation, ISV) that will decide how soon adoption takes place and show will win. MySQL Network is an innovative support offering that threatens traditional commercial softw

(Tina Gasperson) Employment specialist and open source advocate Robert MacEwan changed his career plans after doing some “temporary” work at the Beaufort County Developmental Center (BCDC) in Washington, N.C. Now, instead of pursuing a degree in computer science, he’s pursuing a path that makes a di

(Gregory L. Magnusson) The MySQL Migration Suite facilitates the movement of data from a proprietary database application. This MySQL product suite consists of three tools: MySQL Migration Toolkit, a package capable of reverse engineering Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle data t