MySQL Introduction

MySQL Introduction

MySQL is an open source database. It means that you do not have to pay any money to anyone to get a license for using this database. Also you can modify this database according to your needs, offcourse,if you know how to do it.

Do not think that its quality must have been compromised, since it is absolutely free to use and distribute. In facct most of the websites use MySQL database only. This is because MySQL database is fast, reliable and robust. One other good thing about this database is that you can find everything about it on internet.
Almost everywhere MySQL Database is manipulated using PHP. That is why this tutorial about MySQL database is PHP based. More about this tutorial is given in the next section.


Introduction to this Tutorial

Infact PHP accesses MySQL Database using built-in functions. So, Mostly this tutorial is about the techniques and the functions. Almost all the major SQL operations have been discussed upon. The sequnce of the operation have been tried to be kept similar for different pages.