MySQL Table Types MySQL / General Guides
MySQL supports several storage engines that act as handlers for different table types. MySQL storage engines include both those that handle transaction-safe tables and those that handle non-transaction-safe tables:
MySQL User Account Management MySQL / General Guides
The MySQL access control system enables you to create MySQL accounts and define what each account can do. Several types of privileges can be assigned to an account. They should be granted according to how the account is to be used.
MySQL DELAY_KEY_WRITE Option MySQL / General Guides
Another performance option in MySQL is the DELAY_KEY_WRITE option. According to the MySQL documentation the option makes index updates faster because they are not flushed to disk until the table is closed.
Getting Information About Databases and Tables MySQL / General Guides
What if you forget the name of a database or table, or what the structure of a given table is (for example, what its columns are called)? MySQL addresses this problem through several statements that provide information about the databases and tables it supports.
MySQL Migration: MyISAM to InnoDB MySQL / General Guides
The MySQL database is unique in that it offers multiple storage engines. The SQL parser and front end interfaces are separate from the storage engines. This lets you choose the low level table format that suits your application best.
Introduction to MySQL MySQL / General Guides
MySQL is the most popular open source SQL database management system, is developed, distributed, and supported by MySQL AB. MySQL AB is a commercial company, founded by the MySQL developers.
Beginners Guide to MySQL MySQL / General Guides
This tutorial, I hope you will have the basic understandings of how to, create a table to store data in, how to insert data into your tables, how to delete data from your tables and how to update data in your tables. These are three very principal tasks when using MySQL, such as, adding a new user, deleting a user, and edit an existing user (in theory).
MySQL Basics MySQL / General Guides
This MySQL tutorial is a guide for new MySQL users, providing a reference of very basic, step by step, instructions on how to get started. This MySQL help page also gives more advanced users assistance in upgrading and running multiple versions of MySQL on a computer at the same time.
Using Triggers MySQL / General Guides
MySQL statements are executed when needed, as are stored procedures. But what if you wanted a statement (or statements) to be executed automatically when events occur? For example: Every time a customer is added to a database table, check that the phone number is formatted correctly and that the state abbreviation is in uppercase, Every time a product is ordered, subtract the ordered quantity from the number in stock, Whenever a row is deleted, save a copy in an archive table.
Mysql Sub Queries, introduction MySQL / General Guides
Mysql icon Mysql now offers sub queries/sub selects. They can help you write faster and shorter code. You don't need to do that much programming in PHP, just let mysql do the work :-)
Modifying your MySQL databases to be UTF-8 compliant MySQL / General Guides
Most of us have had problems with UTF-8 problems in PHP and MySQL. Here is how to modify your database and table to be UTF-8 compliant. Most of the time we do set the character set to utf8 but forget to set the collation set to utf8.