MySQL Database Creation and Management

We have worked with many databases over the years and for the past 6-7 years we have worked mostly with MySQL.

MySQL, pronounced either "My S-Q-L" or "My Sequel," is an Open Source relational database management system. It is based on the structure query language (SQL), which is used for adding, removing, and modifying information in the database.

Key emphasis on Open Source!:

Open Source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials—typically, their source code. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology.

We have built enormous systems that run call centers, court systems and huge ecommerce apps. All within a LAMP based system. Oh, one more definition, LAMP:

LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, originally coined from the first letters of Linux (operating system), Apache HTTP Server, MySQL (database software) and Perl/PHP/Python, principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.