Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...

How to install and configure the latest edition of the popular open source database, plus tips for migrating from MySQL 7 ...

To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and ...

Looking to use an open source general-purpose database? This extensive comparison of MySQL vs. PostgreSQL explores the strengths and weaknesses of each.

Open-source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL are gaining steam, but rip-and-replace situations where MySQL and PostgreSQL replace Oracle Database, IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server databases remain rare.

In the past, open-source databases often lacked the technical support and services needed by solution providers. That's not the case anymore with MySQL Server.

MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers ...