MySQL database servers may not come with graphical administration tools, but that is the price your small business pays for free database software. The fact that MySQL's standard administrative tool ...

Sequences in MySQL help ensure that values aren't repeated, and many applications require database tables to have an incrementing "id" column. The MySQL syntax offers several ways to avoid repeating ...

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 admin, not ...

I recently was talking to someone over IRC who was helping me with a PHP app that was giving me trouble. The extremely helpful individual asked me to let him know the value of a certain field in a ...

SELECT * FROM `the_table` WHERE `field1` LIKE 'string%' OR `field2` LIKE 'string%' OR `field3` LIKE 'string%' OR `field4` LIKE 'string%' OR `field5` LIKE 'string%' OR `field6` LIKE 'string%' OR ...

What’s your average success rate of getting a SQL statement right on the first try? In best case, you botched a simple statement without side effects and just have to try again with correct syntax or ...

How to add data into MySQL tables from the command line Your email has been sent So you’re new to MySQL database administration. You’ve probably already installed ...