One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB admin, not ...

If you're looking for a simple-to-use web-based GUI for administering your relational MySQL databases and then some, Adminer may be what you're looking for. If you’re creating a web application using ...

Chances are, your data center depends upon a MySQL database server or two. If that is the case, you’ll want to make sure your databases are set up with an eye to security. Thankfully, MySQL offers a ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

So.... why MySQL instead of the better F/OSS MariaDB, which after all was forked from MySQL after the Oracle Monstrosity bought MySQL. Click to expand... Because ...