SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It’s a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. MySQL is a database management system, like SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Postgres, etc.

The new fully managed, cloud-based offering, with an advanced analytics engine, makes it possible to run transaction processing and data analysis applications on the same database without the cost or ...

Cutting corners: MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system developed by Swedish company MySQL AB in the mid 90s. Sun Microsystems acquired the firm in 2008, which Oracle ...

Percona continues to nip at Oracle’s heels, releasing a free version of the open-source MySQL 5.6 database with advanced features similar to ones in Oracle’s paid enterprise edition. The newly ...

Observers say that Oracle's acquisition of MySQL will not be damaging to MySQL itself and question the motives of some detractors A number of influential members of the open-source community are ...

Publicly announcing benchmarks on GitHub for anyone to trial is a bold move. So, when Oracle Corp. published code to prove performance of its MySQL HeatWave database, some expected competitors to ...

Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software’s owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on Friday.