MySQL

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MySQL

Vendor	Sun Microsystems
Latest release	MySQL 5.1
Website	http://www.mysql.com/

MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) which has more than 11 million installations. The program runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.

Versions

The following is a list of versions for the most common MySQL edition, MySQL Server.

Version	Release Date
MySQL 3.23	January 2001
MySQL 4.0	March 2003
MySQL 4.1	October 2004
MySQL 5.0	October 2005
MySQL 5.1	27 November 2008
MySQL 6.0	In Development

Editions

Edition	Current Version
MySQL Server	MySQL 5.1
MySQL Cluster	MySQL Cluster 6.3
MySQL Community Server	MySQL Community Server 5.0
MySQL Enterprise Server	MySQL Enterprise Server 5.0

Forks/Branches

Forks are new products created from the MySQL code base which are not necessarily fully compatible with the core MySQL Server release. Branches are new products created from the MySQL code base which continue to be compatible with the core MySQL Server release.

Variants	Branch/Fork
MariaDB	Branch
Infobright Analytic Data Warehouse	Fork
Kickfire MySQL Appliance	Fork

Storage Engines

• Category:MySQL Storage Engines

See Also

• Sun Microsystems
• Drizzle
• Kickfire MySQL Appliance
• MySQL Bloggers
• MySQL Events & Conferences
• MySQL Development Tools
• MySQL Management Tools
• MySQL Resource Sites
• MySQL Specialists
• MySQL User Groups & Associations

External links

• MySQL Official Site
• MySQL on Wikipedia