I know what it is, but I need a simple, easy to understand answer to that question (What is MySQL?).

The MySQL (TM) software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software. MySQL is a trademark of MySQL AB.

It's YourSQL.

Ummm...are you serious (no flame intended, I just want to make sure you are serious)??

A simple easy to understand answer would be a database.

appletreats, what happened to your sig?

Disabled it for that post. I disable it if I think it would make my post less... credible or something, or if it would be longer than the actual message. Sometimes I forget, though.

Originally posted by DjPaj

A simple easy to understand answer would be a database.

Good answer.


Lats...

Originally posted by DjPaj
A simple easy to understand answer would be a database.

Ehm, technically speaking... No... Incorrect.

MySQL could best be described as the daemon (or program (for newbies :D)) that allows you to run databases. These databases are made in a special way, so it is easier for the daemon (mysql) to find the information it requested... Which makes it a lot faster..
Due to its "structure" mySQL is a lot faster than flat file databases which usually don't have a structure like that... Due to the way they built mySQL, it is easier to find info...

Picture yourself an Excel sheet... Lots of rows and columns... In column 10 you have the monthly income... Now, when you want to see what the monthly income is on a certain client (or whatever) (client = row) you simply look in column 10 for that row... Fast eh? Instead of looking at ALL the fields...

That is KINDA how it is like... Just to give you an idea...

appletreats asked for a simple, easy to understand answer, that's what I gave. You gave a more technical answer to the question.

Originally posted by DjPaj
appletreats asked for a simple, easy to understand answer, that's what I gave. You gave a more technical answer to the question.

Sorry, didnt mean to insult you.. :(

Oh no, you did not, you answered it better than I ever could have and actually taught me things I didn't know :) No harm done. I was just saying how I posted what I thought was a simple answer, and yours was a bit more technical(and better ;)) than was mine.

good to hear that :)
I dont like angry people... :D

Simple?
A database program....an efficient alternative to Oracle and SQL Server. Does almost the same thing, but cheaper :D ;
Its free.

some additional info.

mysql is fast in reading but not in writing
mysql do not support transactions
mysql do not support trigers
mysql do not support record locking.

anyway but its good and free. i guess postgard sql is much better, but haven't tried it yet, i still use mysql.

:)

This is from "PHP and MySQL Web Development" published by SAMS, edited by Welling and Thomson:

What is MySQL?

MySQL (pronounced My-Ess-Que-Ell) is a very fast, robust, relational database management system (RDBMS). A database enables you to efficiently sotre, search, sort, and retrieve data. The MySQL server controls access to your data to ensure that multiple users can work with it concurrently, to provide fast access to it, and ensure that only authorized users can obtain access. Hence, MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded server. It uses SQL (Structured Query Language), the standard database query language worldwide. MySQL has been publicly available since 1996, but has a development history going back to 1979. It has now won the Linux Journal Readers' Choice Award three years running.

MySQL is now available under an Open Source license, but commercial licenses are also available if required.
Italics are theirs. Any spelling mistakes are mine. I hope this is for personal use and not being copied as a homework assignment. *grin*

If you use the InnoDB table handler, MySQL supports transactions and row-level locking.

Anyway, I'd go straight to mysql ab for the answer to that question:

http://www.mysql.com/products/what_is_mysql.html