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SQL

3. SQL ─ RDBMS Databases

There are many popular RDBMS available to work with. This tutorial gives a brief overview
of some of the most popular RDBMS’s. This would help you to compare their basic features.

MySQL
MySQL is an open source SQL database, which is developed by a Swedish company –
MySQL AB. MySQL is pronounced as "my ess-que-ell," in contrast with SQL, pronounced
"sequel."

MySQL is supporting many different platforms including Microsoft Windows, the major
Linux distributions, UNIX, and Mac OS X.

MySQL has free and paid versions, depending on its usage (non-commercial/commercial)
and features. MySQL comes with a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user and robust SQL
database server.

History
 Development of MySQL by Michael Widenius & David Axmark beginning in 1994.

 First internal release on 23rd May 1995.

 Windows Version was released on the 8th January 1998 for Windows 95 and NT.

 Version 3.23: beta from June 2000, production release January 2001.

 Version 4.0: beta from August 2002, production release March 2003 (unions).

 Version 4.01: beta from August 2003, Jyoti adopts MySQL for database tracking.

 Version 4.1: beta from June 2004, production release October 2004.

 Version 5.0: beta from March 2005, production release October 2005.

 Sun Microsystems acquired MySQL AB on the 26th February 2008.

 Version 5.1: production release 27th November 2008.

Features
 High Performance.

 High Availability.

 Scalability and Flexibility Run anything.

 Robust Transactional Support.

 Web and Data Warehouse Strengths.

 Strong Data Protection.


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