SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It’s a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. MySQL is a database management system, like SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Postgres, etc.

Administrators who support Java applications and various Oracle databases should pay close attention to the latest quarterly security update from Oracle, as more than a third of the security fixes ...

Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has little to do with open source and everything to do with Microsoft. Oracle doesn't compete with open source. Not really.

Database Management System (DBMS) software acts as an interface between an end user and a database and is designed to allow users to create databases as well as store, manipulate and manage data in an ...

SolarWinds SQL Sentry is the watchdog your database needs Applications beyond the most trivial store data in some way, and Microsoft SQL Server, along with Oracle and MySQL, are right up there as the ...

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is tripling the amount of storage that can be provisioned for each Relational Database Service (RDS) database instance. As posted on its blog, AWS is also tripling the number ...