2006-07-16 16:07:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
MySQL is a free and open source database technology.
It is very quick to connect (especially compared to PosgreSQL and Oracle), and has many other strengths, but it does have some shortfalls in total peformance and features compared to these other databases.
Learning SQL, through MySQL or any other DB is very important in most programing. MySQL uses similar SQL statements as other databases, so what you learn there will be portable to other types of databases.
2006-07-16 16:14:22 · answer #1 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MySQL is a SQL based database server that powers alot of dynamic php based websites.
It's usefull to learn as it speaks SQL language which is a industry standard quering language that alot if not all enterprise level databases speak (think MS SQL server and Oracle)
Depending on what you're wanting to do it could be invaluable to learn and the price is right for non-commecial endeavors.....free.
2006-07-16 16:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by kokiripup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a high performance database server that powers most LAMP websites and a few other things.
It is not as feature-rich as some of the big $ commercial ones, but that has not stopped it.
They show a small list of companies using MySQL on their home page
http://www.mysql.com/
If it's good enough for Yahoo, it's good enough for me.
2006-07-16 16:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by sheeple_rancher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is another better way of database instead of mysql.
but if u just want to learn database in a broad angle, u can experiment with mysql as it is free for non-commercial use.
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2006-07-16 23:50:07 · answer #4 · answered by mercury of love 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋