None of which is to deprecate MySQL’s importance. It was and is critical ... and countless others—embraced MySQL to store user data and content. MySQL quickly became synonymous with building ...

But let's take a closer look at MySQL and Postgres across several important database categories ... PostgreSQL excels at handling complex queries. It has many unique data types and queries to support ...

For a missing value, MySQL sets the column to the implicit default for its data type. Implicit defaults were described in Section 3.2.3, “Specifying Column Default Values.†Strict mode ...

"It's the most important release we've ever done in the company," Axmark added. MySQL is the most widely used open source database, according to a Evans Data Corporation survey released in January.