MySQL Architecture. MySQL is a client/server system that consists of a multi-threaded SQL server that supports different backends, client programs and libraries, administrative tools, and application ...

Oracle said that, in real-world comparison tests against version 5.1, the MySQL 5.5 release candidate provides a 1,500-percent performance increase in read/write operations on Windows-based ...

Percona Server 5.6, now available as a free download, also includes all the functionality of Oracle’s community edition of MySQL 5.6, released in February. Percona Server is designed to work ...

MySQL users start looking at alternatives A key issue is that Oracle is a main competitor to MySQL, notes Timothy Dion, CTO of mobile and Web apps builder Sensei. “I’m very concerned about ...

For years, MySQL has been fundamental to many server applications, especially those using the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python) software stack. Those days may be ending.

The patches will address security flaws in Oracle Database Server, Fusion Middleware, E-Business, Supply Chain, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Sun, Virtualization and MySQL product suites, Oracle said in ...

MySQL was first released in 1995, while the community-developed fork, MariaDB, emerged in 2009 as a reaction to Oracle's acquisition of the open-source technology.

• MySQL Enterprise by Oracle. • MySQL Heatwave, Oracle’s cloud-based solution. • MariaDB, both the open-source version and the enterprise offering. • Percona Server for MySQL ...

Oracle recently announced the general availability of MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, a fully managed database service. The company previously debuted the service at its CloudWorld event last October. This ...

Oracle has introduced JavaScript support in the MySQL database, allowing developers to write JavaScript stored programs, i.e. JavaScript functions and procedures, in the MySQL database server ...