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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Berkeley DB, Ingres, MongoDB, Virtuoso Universal Server, SQLite, Gadfly, Apache Cassandra, Db4o, CouchDB, Perst, GT.M, Firebird, Database Management Library, CUBRID, OpenOffice.org Base, Mnesia, Apache Derby, Drizzle, HSQLDB, Membase, Keyspace, Dataphor, Redis, H2, MonetDB, Habanero.NET, Terrastore, Infobright, Sedna, Metakit, Cdb, EnterpriseDB, Kexi, Dbm, Zope Object Database, Comparison of database access, Maatkit, CSQL, HBase, BlackRay, GCstar, VoltDB, NeoDatis ODB, Neo4j, EXist, Gizzard, Hypertable, GCfilms, Hibari, JGnash, MariaDB, Mozilla Raindrop, FlockDB, Fyracle, TxtSQL, LucidDB, OpenQM, CSQL Cache, TreapDB, C-Store, MemcacheDB, Rel, Tdbengine, Shapado, ObjectMapper .NET, MSQL-JDBC, GNOME-DB, SmallSQL, Druid. Excerpt: MySQL ( "My S-Q-L," also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My. The SQL phrase stands for Structured Query Language. The MySQL development project has made its source code available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements. MySQL was owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish company MySQL AB, now owned by Oracle Corporation. Free-software-open source projects that require a full-featured database management system often use MySQL. For commercial use, several paid editions are available, and offer additional functionality. Applications which use MySQL databases include: Joomla, WordPress, MyBB, phpBB, Drupal and other software built on the LAMP software stack. MySQL is also used in many high-profile, large-scale World Wide Web products, including Wikipedia, Google (though not for searches) and Facebook. MySQL is a popular...
