MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

Get up to speed on MySQL basics with this step-by-step tutorial on how to create a database, add a table, and input data into the table.

MySQL is the clear category leader in open-source databases; it's the "M" in the LAMP stack that also includes Linux, the Apache Web server, and the Python, Perl, and PHP scripting languages.

Opinion: Not to pick on MySQL or anything, but does it really makes sense to compare it to the light versions of proprietary databases? I thought not, but MySQL users say I'm all wet.

One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB ...

As a MySQL developer, you should be at least dimly aware that MySQL supports several database formats. Find out what each is good for and how you use them.

1. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Open-source advocates feared that Oracle, which gained ownership of the open-source MySQL database through its acquisition of Sun ...

In the new ransomware attacks, targeted MySQL databases are erased and replaced with a ransom demand for 0.2 bitcoin, which is about $234.