Showing posts with label SQL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SQL. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

MySQL - Introduction

What is SQL
SQL stands for Structured Query Language and is used in manipulating data stored in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). SQL provides commands in which data can be extracted, sorted, updated, deleted and inserted. SQL can be used with many different RDBMS’s including MySQL, PostgressSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, etc.


MySQL
Officialy known as My-S-Q-L but is also referred to as My Sequel is the world’s most widely used open source RDBMS and runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. MySQL is a popular choice of database for use in web applications and is used in some of the most popular websites on the internet including