With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

It's time to stop sniping at Oracle's handling of MySQL. Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved under Oracle's stewardship, according to Percona CEO ...

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In database management, it’s easy to assume that newer technologies are always better. While ...

Oracle has added additional commercial extensions to the enterprise edition of its open-source MySQL database, further differentiating it from the community version available to anyone at no charge. A ...

MySQL AB has released the production version of its open-source database upgrade, MySQL 5.0. The new release, which had been expected this month or next, adds several features that have long been ...

Adding data handling capabilities to your application or website can make it more user-friendly and enable you to store information obtained from users. MySQL, a free software application, helps you ...

I have an application that reads an image file and puts it into a MEDIUMBLOB. Or at least that's what it's supposed to do. What it actually does is nothing. I can do the database insert, which gives ...