Data Management with MySQL

Overview
A Database, in basic, is a storage centre where information can be stored, edited, retrieved and displayed on your website. To have the ability to store information, such as products, customer and business details can greatly improve the versatility and functionality of your website. The ability to edit or change the information can preform changes on your website ‘on-the-fly’.

MySQL Database Explained
MySQL is the world's most popular open source database, recognized for its speed and reliability. MySQL provides the ability to make data management available and affordable for all, also to contribute to building the mission-critical high-volume systems and products of tomorrow.

MySQL Driven Websites
Today MySQL is the most popular open source database server in the world with more than 4 million installations powering websites, datawarehouses, business applications, logging systems and more. Customers such as Yahoo! Finance, MP3.com, Motorola, NASA, Silicon Graphics, and Texas Instruments use the MySQL server in mission-critical applications.