MySQL users build smaller applications but then have to upgrade to Oracle, according to Shimp. “MySQL is a very rudimentary database.

Database Consolidation—Multiple source databases may be migrated to a single database for consolidation. Platform migration—Data on a local machine may be migrated to a cloud database service.

Sun closed its $1 billion purchase of MySQL in February and is hosting its first MySQL user conference this week in Santa Clara, California, where it released a near-final version of MySQL 5.1.

A query profiler can tell you how much load your query is going to cost to the database server. Such utilities if present in MySQL, can really be handy for MySQL users. About Maatkit ...

MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) environments. However, MariaDB has gained popularity as an alternative.

To do this: Log in to the MySQL console with: sudo mysql -u root -p Make sure you know which database you’re going to be using. You can list them out with: show databases; Create the new user with: ...