Considered the “world’s most popular open source database,” MySQL has come a long way from its beginnings as a no-frills, low-cost database server to one that powers high-volume Web sites and critical business systems. If you’re an ASP.NET developer, though, there’s always been one tiny glitch:

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(Blane Warrene) MySQL has become one of the central benchmarks for open source software that has crossed the bridge from exploratory to serious corporate player. During that time period, not only has an entire cottage industry of MySQL-related tools and services emerged, but several top-tier, commer

Early registration has just opened for the third annual MySQL Users Conference, to be held in the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, April 18 -21, 2005. The MySQL Users Conference, co-presented by O’Reilly Media, Inc. and MySQL AB, is the only gathering where participants can share

(Ian Gilfillan) On the 1st December, 2004, MySQL AB released a new version of MySQL Administrator (version 1.0.17). I had not previously used this tool, but with some time on my hands and the work crisis averted thanks to the installation of our new database server, I thought I would see how it shap

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This chapter discusses the following topics: –What are character sets and collations? –The multiple-level default system –New syntax in MySQL 4.1 –Affected functions and operations –Unicode support –The meaning of each individual character set and collation

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that supports the SQL query language. MySQL is available for most UNIX and Windows platforms, and it is typically used in combination with languages such as Perl, Python, and PHP. This article describes how to install MySQL on Win

(Lisa Vaas) MySQL AB is offering consulting packages and GUI tools for those who want to jump into open-source technology but lack in-house gurus and are too nervous to go it alone.

(Peter Gulutzan) On July 15 2004, Oleksandr Byelkin of Ukraine merged his “views” code into MySQL. I have verified that the MySQL version 5.0 Linux source download supports views. This report will interest people who know MySQL, who know what views are, and who have been waiting a long time for MySQ