Everyone who has been involved with IT for more than a few months has at least heard of MySQL. The acquisition of MySQL AB by Sun Microsystems brought a great deal of additional attention to MySQL’s database management system (DBMS). Even so, there is often more to MySQL than many people realize. Unix-based servers with […]
Designing the database is a key step, largely because changes to the database at a later date have far larger implications and potential complications than changing any other aspect of the site. Adding functionality through database changes is a steep challenge and fixing database flaws is excruciating, so make every effort you can to get the database design right […]
Everyone who has been involved with IT for more than a few months has at least heard of MySQL. The driving force behind MySQL has been to provide a reliable, high-performance server that is easy to set up and use. MySQL is not the only free database management system; it also is not the only […]