MySQL facts for kids
MySQL Workbench running on macOS
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| Developer(s) | MySQL AB, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems since February 2008 which is also a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation since January 2010 |
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| Initial release | 23 May 1995 |
| Stable release |
5.7.15 / September 6, 2016
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| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Relational database management system |
| License | GNU General Public License or proprietary EULA |
MySQL is a database system used by many websites on the Internet. It is based off of SQL. Many ways of doing things in SQL are similar in MySQL.
History
MySQL was first released in May 1995 and a Windows version was released in January 1998. The latest version (5.6.11) was released in April 2013.
Compatibility
MySQL is compatible with many major programming languages. The most common one is PHP. An ODBC interface (called MyODBC) has been made so that users of Microsoft's ASP language can use MySQL.
Major users
Some of the largest MySQL users on the internet include:
Many PHP scripts also use MySQL. These include:
Related pages
Images for kids
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David Axmark (left) and Michael "Monty" Widenius, founders of MySQL AB, in 2003
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Geir Høydalsvik, current Senior Software Development Director for MySQL at Oracle in 2018
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MySQL Workbench running on macOS
See also
In Spanish: MySQL para niños
