What is MySQL?
• MySQL is an SQL based relational database management system that runs on more than 20 platforms including Windows, Linux, OS/X, HP-UX and many more.
• The owner and producer of MySQL is a Swedish company called MySQL AB. They provide services and training programs for MySQL users. The software’s official website http://www.mysql.com gives the latest information about the company and MySQL.
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MySQL is a popular database with more than 4 million users. It is one of the fastest relational databases in the market. Many companies are using it to support their websites, data warehouses, and business applications. MySQL was developed by a Swedish company named MySQL AB. The product is distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL). It can support multiple users concurrently on the network. Students can connect to a MySQL database server standalone on their own computer or from the network. You can download it free from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html. MySQL runs on Windows, Linux and Solaris. This tutorial demonstrates using MySQL from the Windows operating system.
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The purpose of these tutorials is not to teach you Microsoft Access, but rather to teach you some generic information systems concepts and skills using Access. Of course, as a side effect, you will learn a great deal about the software enough to write your own useful applications. However, keep in mind that Access is an enormously complex, nearly- industrial-strength software development environ- ment. The material here only scrapes the surface of Access development and database programming.
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