What is MySQL?

[sherlyk]

MySQL is a database system used on the web
MySQL is a database system that runs on a server
MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
MySQL is very fast, reliable, and easy to use
MySQL supports standard SQL
MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
MySQL is free to download and use
MySQL is developed, distributed, and supported by Oracle Corporation
MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius's daughter: My

The data in MySQL is stored in tables. A table is a collection of related data, and it consists of columns and rows.

Databases are useful when storing information categorically. A company may have a database with the following tables:

Employees
Products
Customers
Orders

[admin]

MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius's daughter: My

He is not happy with the way Oracle develop MySQL. So created another database server named after his 2 nd daughter Maria.

https://mariadb.org

MaiaDB is is drop in replacement for MySQL, that is you can just replace MySQL with MariaDB and everything will work like nothing happened.

MySQL vs MariaDB

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-ve...ysql-features/