“Popular relational database management system”

MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. It is downloadable from mySQL website (http://www.mysql.com) and tailor it to your needs in accordance with the general public license. MySQL is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility.

MySQL has a huge range of features but here are some of the best:

Works on many different platforms
Support for many data types
Function names do not clash with table or column names
You can mix tables from different databases in the same query
A privilege and password system that is very flexible and secure, and that allows host-based verification
Full support for several different character sets
Up to 64 indexes per table are allowed

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Notes:

This alpha release, as any other pre-production release, should not be installed on production level systems or systems with critical data. It is good practice to back up your data before installing any new version of software. Although MySQL has worked very hard to ensure a high level of quality, protect your data by making a backup as you would for any other software beta release. MySQL generally recommends that you dump and reload your tables from any previous version to upgrade to 6.0.