MySQL MySQL is a SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. It is a small, multithreaded, fast and capable relational database with a C API that is compatible with Mini SQL from Hughes Technologies. It offers Perl, Python, TCL, C, C++, JDBC and ODBC interfaces. Its features include: Support fixed length and dynamic length table formats for optimization of speed or size. Extremely fast load and store to/from text files with the most common format. Auto increment and timestamp columns Lots of column types. Supports all ODBC types and also TEXT, BLOB, SET, ENUM, MEDIUMINT (24 bits) and BIGINT (64 bits) All integer types can be signed or unsigned. CHAR() and VARCHAR() fields can be case sensitive or case insensitive. Bit operations: WHERE (flags & 7) = 2 and bit_count(flags)=3 New summary functions: STD(), BIT_OR() and BIT_AND(). 5 different optimizers with a one-pass-join gives outstanding performance. Searching with regular expressions. Extended ALTER TABLE with possibilities to change columns. Lots of new string functions. Scalable: Works with 2M RAM to 4G RAM. Uses files to store tables. Automatic conversions of values between number and string, like perl.

Current Version:   3.23.38 License Type:   GPL

Home Site: http://www.mysql.com http://www.tcx.se/ Source Code Availability:   Yes Available Binary Packages: Debian Package:   Yes, http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages RedHat RPM Package:   Yes (see a link in Home Site) Other Packages:   Yes (from Home Site) Targeted Platforms: Sun Solaris 2.5 and 2.6, SUNOS, Linux 2.# (intel and sparc), FreeBSD 2.#, FreeBSD 3.0, BSDI 2.#, BSDI 3.0, IBM AIX, OSF1, HP-UX, SCO, Dec-Unix, Irix 6.2 Software/Hardware Requirements: A working Posix thread library is needed for the server, eg., the authors use LinuxThreads for Linux.

Other Links: http://www.abriasoft.com/ (a web database management system with MySQL) http://www.nusphere.com (enhanced open source software and commercial services for MySQL-powered web sites and applications.) Mailing Lists/USENET News Groups: Mailing List http://www.tcx.se/FAQ/mysql-faq.html#SEC3 User Comments: http://www.tcx.se/brows_feedback.htmy See A Screen Shot?

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