Everything About ___
Live briefing

Everything about MySQL

SQL database engine software

MySQL is a free and open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). Its name is a combination of "My", the name of co-founder Michael Widenius' daughter My, and "SQL", the acronym for Structured Query Language. A relational database organizes data into one or more data tables in which data may be related to each other; these relations help structure the data. SQL is a language that programmers use to create, modify and extract data from the relational database, as well as control user access to the database. In addition to relational databases and SQL, an RDBMS like MySQL works with an operating system to implement a relational database in a computer's storage system, manages users, allows for network access and facilitates testing database integrity and creation of backups. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: MySQLA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: KoruptorThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Go sideways: MariaDBA closely related topic
  4. Go sideways: Comparison of relational database management systemsA closely related topic

đź“– Definitions

No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Overview
  2. History
  3. Features
  4. User interfaces
  5. Application programming interfaces
  6. Project forks

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

đź“š Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

đź”— Related topics