Introduction to MySQL

What Is MySQL?

MySQL is a relational database management system
MySQL is open-source
MySQL is free
MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
MySQL is very fast, reliable, scalable, and easy to use
MySQL is cross-platform
MySQL is compliant with the ANSI SQL standard
MySQL was first released in 1995
MySQL is developed, distributed, and supported by Oracle Corporation
MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius's daughter: My

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Who Uses MySQL?

Huge websites like Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Booking.com, Uber, GitHub, YouTube, etc.
Content Management Systems like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, Contao, etc.
A very large number of web developers around the world

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Show Data On Your Web Site

To build a website that shows data from a database, you will need:

An RDBMS database program (like MySQL)
A server-side scripting language, like PHP
To use SQL to get the data you want
To use HTML / CSS to style the page
 

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