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.

Starting and Stopping MySQL Server
If your database server is not started, you can start it by typing “net start mysql” from the MySQL bin directory as shown in Figure 1.1. You can stop it by typing the command net stop mysql.

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