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MySQL is an open-source relational database management system. Its name is a combination of “My”, the name of co-founder Michael Widenius’s daughter My, and “SQL”, the acronym for Structured Query Language.
How to Insert Data into a MySQL Table
Every application I’ve ever built eventually comes down to this: getting data safely and efficiently into a table.…
How to Create Tables in MySQL
Tables are where I actually start caring about database design, because this is the step where data types,…
How to Create a MySQL Database
I still remember the first CREATE DATABASE statement I ever ran — it felt almost anticlimactic how simple…
How to Install MySQL on Linux (Ubuntu)
When I first started managing databases professionally, MySQL was the very first server I ever set up on…
How to Install MySQL on Windows
I’ve installed MySQL on more Windows machines than I can count — client laptops, office desktops, and Windows…