Since MariaDB is a fork from MySQL, the syntax is similar, but MariaDB has several additional features. Basic SQL syntax remains the same, but MariaDB handles data storage and functions differently.

For the purpose of comparing MySQL to the “lite” versions of the proprietary databases, Builder AU created a hypothetical online business, relatively small, that sells books and DVDs.

MySQL was originally open source, but it was bought and taken partially commercial by Oracle in 2010. To ensure it remained a free and independent open source project, the MySQL developers created a ...

Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse comes with support for MySQL Autopilot, which was launched in August 2021 as a component of the HeatWave portfolio, and uses machine learning to accelerate ...

Oracle said that, in real-world comparison tests against version 5.1, the MySQL 5.5 release candidate provides a 1,500-percent performance increase in read/write operations on Windows-based ...